Josh Pyke - Buttons

^A5 In my mind, not e^B5nough birds have d^C5ied In the ^D5shadow of this once cast ^A5stone And I'm ^B5not unwell, but I am ^C5ill at ease With all the ^D5buttons still left to ^A5sew Through ^B5needles ^C5eyes, see me ^D5sharper than I see my^A5self ^B5

So you should ^G5stitch me ^D5in to ^A5stop me from ^C5bleeding

^A5 And education can be ^B5fickle I think^C5 Sometimes the ^D5more you learn The ^A5more you lose a ^B5sense of what you think you ^C5know About all the ^D5buttons still left to ^A5sew And ^B5I'm out^C5side myself ^D5more and more these ^A5days ^B5

So you should ^G5stitch my ^D5skin to ^A5stop me from ^C5bleeding All over this fresh song and ^A5I Acknowledge all the ^C5corners And all the freshly ^G5painted ^D5walls, that ^A5bear no former ^C5scars Since they're patched up and over ^A5now But I was born of ^C5miners And I'm designed to ^G5chip a^D5way, tu^A5nnel into the^C5 dark ^B5

^C5 But why must it al^G5ways come down to some un^D5seen contender? ^A5I ^B5don't ^C5know When hatchlings all we ^G5are just battling the ^D5whitewash birds a^A5bove ^B5Sharks be^C5low Though I feel empa^G5thy towards the ones who threaten ^D5me I'd still leave them soft-^A5shelled to the ^B5beaks of ^C5crows ^B5

^Em But every now and then a ^G5tempest blows ^Em And the veneer I keep be^B7comes unsewn But ^C5will you ever read me w^G5ell? I ^C5can only assume so ^Em And I'm buoyant like a ^G5flotsam man ^Em Relegated by the ^B7waves to land They ^C5dry me like a brittle ^G5bone Pa^C5raded like a polished^A5 stone ^{C5 D/F# G5 D5 A5 E5 Em D/F#}

^C5 But why must it al^G5ways come ^D5down to some ^A5unseen contender? ^EmI ^D/F#don't ^C5know When hatchlings all we ^G5are just ^D5battling the ^A5whitewash birds a^Embove ^D/F#Sharks be^C5low Though I feel empa^G5thy towards the ^D5ones who threaten ^A5me I'd still leave them soft-^Emshelled to the ^D/F#beaks of ^C5crows ^{G5 A5 Em D/F#}

^C5 But why must it al^G5ways come ^D5down to some ^A5unseen contender? ^EmI ^D/F#don't ^C5know When hatchlings all we ^G5are just ^D5battling the ^A5whitewash birds a^Embove ^D/F#Sharks be^C5low Though I feel empa^G5thy towards the ^D5ones who threaten ^A5me I'd still leave them soft-^Emshelled to the ^D/F#beaks of ^C5crows ^{G5 D5 A5 Em} And that's what you ^D/F#ought to k^C5now ^{G5 D5 A5 Em} I'd see them smashed on the ^D/F#reefs be^C5low ^{G5 D5 A5 Em D/F# C5 D/F# G5 D5 A5 Em}