Buttons And Bows Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays530

Buttons And Bows by Rab Noakes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, C7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C F C F C F C F C F G C 
  
verse 1: 

East is east and west is west 

And the wrong one I have chose 
F                   C       F 
Let's go where they keep on wearin' 
      C          F           C           F 
Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows 
C         F          G          C   
Rings and things and buttons and bows 


verse 2: 
       
Don't bury me in this prairie 

Take me where the cement grows 
F                  C        F 
Let's move down to some big town 
           C      F          C          F 
Where they love a gal by the cut of her clothes 
    C            F      G          C      C7 
And you'll stand out in buttons and bows 


Bridge: 
     F 
I'll love you in buckskin 
                          C 
Or skirts that you've homespun 
          
But I'll love you longer, stronger where 
     D7                   G 
Your friends don't tote a gun 


verse 3: 
   C 
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce 

And the cactus hurts my toes 
F                   C         F 
Let's vamoose where gals keep usin' 
      C         F          C          F 
Those silks and satins and linen that shows 
    C       F        G          C      C7 
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante