Buttons And Bows Chords
by Rab Noakes
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.
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
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