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"Butter Teeth"
Palmcorder Yajna

Transcribed by Jon A.

Chords:
F#    - 244322
C#m   - x46654
A     - x02220
G#7   - 464544
G     - 355433
G#    - 466544
Asus2 - x02200

Intro:
F#
C#m     F#
C#m     F#
A       F#
C#m     F#

C#m                                              F#
   We spilled out through the front door
C#m                                              F#
   Into the blinding late light
A                                                F#
   Sun reflected on the storefront windows
C#m                                              F#
   Tremendously bright

C#m                                              F#
   We were Norwegians come down from the north
C#m                                              F#
   Attacking the walls of the fortress
A                                                F#
   I was permanently at the point of exhaustion
C#m         G#7
   You were gorgeous

         F#         G     G#
   Who's here? Just us
C#m               G#
   Nobody else around
Asus2
   Stray electrical currents
F#                    G#
   Trying to find the ground

   We haunted the walls of the pharmacy
   Artlessly shoplifting random things
   Painkillers, cough syrup, tiger balm
   Bubble gum, cigarettes, and shower curtain rings

   We were Portuguese warships cresting the waves
   Cannons raised ready to dock
   You were counting down the hours and the minutes
   I was trying to find a way of stopping the clock