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<code> “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