Dawes – As If By Design chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
EThe stars were just the holes punched in the shoebox
                                                      BThat gives the creature all the air he needs to breathe

As if every constellation was just a form of inhalation
                   Am               EFrom a captor too enormous to conceive


[Verse 2]
EThe moon beamed like a coach from junior high school
                                                      BWhen players hacked their way through each opposing team

And the brighter it was shining, felt like the wider he was smiling
                     Am                   EOn a season that he loved too much to leave


[Chorus]
E                                                          BWhen you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much
                                                                     ESometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
                                                       AAnd in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned
                     B              EIt all runs together, as if by design


[Verse 3]

The boat out in the middle of the ocean
                                            BIs like the butterfly just breathing on the sea

Giving all of its attention to this new and strange reflection
                  Am                ENot recognized as what it used to be


[Chorus]
E                                                          BWhen you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much
                                                                     ESometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
                                                        AWhen in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned
                     F#      B EIt all runs together, as if by design


[Bridge]
      A#mEvery day getting a little
     AMore acquainted with the riddles
B         F#m                           BUntil I'm looking for them everywhere I go


[Solo]

E C#m C# C#m F#7 B

F#m E D#m C# B

E Bm D A F#m A F#m B E


[Chorus]
EWhen you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much
                                                                     BSometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
                                                       A      F#m AAnd in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned
                   F#  B       EIt all runs together, as if by design
E                As if by design
EAs if by design