Josh Pyke – Buttons chords

[Intro]
Am  Bm  C  D


[Verse 1]
Am                 Bm                C  In my mind, not enough birds have died
       D                        AmIn the shadow of this once cast stone
        Bm                   CAnd I'm not unwell, but I am ill at ease
             D                     AmWith all the buttons still left to sew
        Bm      C            D                    Am      BmThrough needles eyes, see me sharper than I see myself


[Refrain]
              G         D     Am           CSo you should stitch me in to stop me from bleeding


[Verse 2]
Am                     Bm            C  And education can be fickle I think
              DSometimes the more you learn
    Am              Bm                          CThe more you lose a sense of what you think you know
              D                     AmAbout all the buttons still left to sew
    Bm     C           D                   Am      BmAnd I'm outside myself more and more these days


[Refrain]
              G         D       Am           CSo you should stitch my skin to stop me from bleeding
                             AmAll over this fresh song and I
                    EmAcknowledge all the corners
                    G       D           Am             CAnd all the freshly painted walls, that bear no former scars
                                  AmSince they're patched up and over now
                  EmBut I was born of miners
                    G     D      Am           CAnd I'm designed to chip away, tunnel into the dark


[Chorus]
C                   G                        D  But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
Am  Bm     CI   don't  know
                       G                     D                AmWhen hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
Bm       CSharks below
                  G                                 DThough I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
                          Am             Bm       C       G/F#I'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows


[Bridge]
Em                         G  But every now and then a tempest blows
Em                        B7  And the veneer I keep becomes unsewn
    C                      GBut will you ever read me well?
  CI can only assume so
Em                       G  And I'm buoyant like a flotsam man
Em                 B7  Relegated by the waves to land
     C                     GThey dry me like a brittle bone
  C                    Am    C    G    D    Em  G/F#Paraded like a polished stone


[Chorus]
C                   G                        D  But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
Em  G/F#   CI   don't  know
                       G                     D                EmWhen hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
G/F#     CSharks below
                  G                                 DThough I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
                          Em             G/F#     C    G    D    Em  G/F#I'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows


[Chorus]
C                   G                        D  But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
Em  G/F#   CI   don't  know
                       G                     D                EmWhen hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
G/F#     CSharks below
                  G                                 DThough I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
                          Em             G/F#     C    G    D  EmI'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows
                    G/F#      C    G    D  EmAnd that's what you ought to know
                            G/F#    C    G    D  Em     G/F#    C    G    D EmI'd see them smashed on the reefs below