BUTTONS ON MY CLOTHES   -       Del Amitri


Intro:
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G|------------/----5---3---/0-3---0-----/-------------/
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Ebmaj7 - Gm - F      2x 


           Bb                       F/A                     
I've been     drinking all through       summer
                F6sus2/G                F6sus2/G                        
I guess I've             had a laugh 
           Bb                 F/A                           
I've had      every kind of       fun I could have 
F6sus2/G       F6sus2/G                                               
          had 


               Ebmaj7                 F                       
Looking at my          crowd tonight 
            Bb       F/A            F6sus2/G                           
There's a     sober       kind of           sparkle 
F             Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7                                    
   in their          eyes 
               F        F                                
That I don't     like 



Chorus:
                   Ebmaj7                                   
'Cause everybody          knows 
Gm                   F                                    
   she ain't coming     back
                    Ebmaj7                                  
The buttons on my          clothes 
        Gm                   F        F                     
are as      plain to see as     that 



       Bb                 F/A                               
I'm a      man of repu -        tation 
          F6sus2/G                 F6sus2/G                            
in this            rocker's town 
        Bb                 F/A                              
I have     lived it up so        long 
             F6sus2/G                F6sus2/G                          
I'll never            live it down 


                  Ebmaj7               F                     
Every back room          bed I've made 
       Bb            F/A                 F6sus2/G                     
Every      allnight       thrill room -           service 
F              Ebmaj7       Ebmaj7                                    
   bill I've          paid 
                   F      F                              
Looks cheap to -     day 



Chorus:
                   Ebmaj7                                   
'Cause everybody          knows 
Gm                    F                                    
   she ain't coming     back
                    Ebmaj7                                  
The buttons on my          clothes 
        Gm                   F       F                      
are as      plain to see as     that 



Chorus:
                Ebmaj7                                      
Yet everybody          knows 
Gm                   F                                    
   she ain't coming      back
                    Ebmaj7                                  
The buttons on my           clothes 
        Gm                    F       F                      
are as      plain to see as     that 



Break:
          Cm                Cm                             
I took a     chemical va -      cation 
        Gm        Eb                                        
in my       head 
              G#                   Eb                      
But now I'm      back here at the      station 
         Gm                G7          Ebmaj7                       
with a      trunk of re -      gre -           t


Solo:
(Ebmaj7) - Gm - F      2x 



            Bb                 F/A                          
Thought I      found myself a       frequency 
       F6sus2/G                  F6sus2/G                              
be -            yond her voice 
         Bb                 F/A                             
But the      memories keep       breaking through the 
F6sus2/G         F6sus2/G                                             
          noise 


                     Ebmaj7              F                    
So brother, send a          ship for me 
           Bb           F/A                                 
before I      wash u -       pon 
      F6sus2/G           F            Ebmaj7      Ebmaj7                        
the            shore of     clari -          ty 
           F       F                                     
And I can     see 



Chorus:
                Ebmaj7                                     
That everybody         knows 
Gm                   F                                    
   she ain't coming     back
                    Ebmaj7                                 
The buttons on my          clothes 
        Gm                   F        F                     
are as      plain to see as     that 



Outro:
                    Ebmaj7                                  
Yeah, everwhere I          go, 
            Gm                   F                        
there are      ghosts of what I     had
                         Ebmaj7                             
Like the buttons on my          clothes, 
           Gm                 F                           
they are      everywhere I'm     at

                 Ebmaj7                                     
Yeah everybody          knows
       Gm           F                                    
(she      ain't        coming back)
           Ebmaj7                                          
everybody          knows
      Gm           F                                      
(she      ain't       coming back)


START FADING 


            Ebmaj7                                          
everybody           knows
       Gm          F                                      
(she      ain't       coming back)
              Ebmaj7      Gm - F                                   
everwhere I          go 






Ebmaj7   xx1333
Gm       355333
F        133211
Bb       x13331
F/A      x03211
F6sus2/G 3x0031
Cm       x35543
G#       466544
Eb       x68886
G7       353463