As If By Design chords by Dawes

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
The stars  (D major) were just the holes
A 
punched in a shoe (A major) box
D 
 (D major) That gives the creature all the air he
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
needs to breathe  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A 
As if  (A major) every con (E minor) stellation  (A major) was
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) just a form  (A major) of innov (E minor) ation
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Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor) From a  (A major) captor too enorm
G 
C 
D 
 (G major) ous to  (C major) conceive  (D major) 

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Verse 2
D 
 (D major) 
The moon beamed like a coach
G 
D 
 (G major) from  (D major) junior high school
When players hacked their way
A 
through each opposing team  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) And the  (A major) brighter it  (E minor) was shining,
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (A major) felt  (E minor) like the  (A major) wider he  (E minor) was smiling
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor) On a  (A major) season that he
G 
D 
loved  (G major) too much  (D major) to leave

Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
When you stare off in the night sometimes
A 
you see a little  (A major) too much
D 
A 
Sometimes there's  (D major) a  world  (A major) behind the mirror,
G 
D 
sometimes a razor and a  (G major) toothbrush  (D major) 
G 
D 
When in those  (G major) fleet (D major) ing moments
Am 
G 
when the stars all  (A minor) seem aligned  (G major) 
It all runs together,
Em 
A 
 (E minor) as if by  (A major) design
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
G 
D 
The boat out in the middle  (G major)  (D major) of the ocean
G 
D 
Is like the  (G major) butterfly  (D major) just breathing
A 
Em 
A 
on the sea  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
E 
A 
Em 
A 
 (E major) Giving  (A major) all of it (E minor) s attention  (A major) to this
Em 
A 
new and strange re (E minor) flection  (A major) 
D 
Not recognize that's what  (D major) 
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A 
it  (F sharp major) used to  (A major) be
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 5
When you stare off in the night sometimes
A 
you see a little  (A major) too much
D 
A 
Sometimes there's  (D major) a  world  (A major) behind the mirror,
Em 
D 
sometimes a razor  (E minor) and a toothbrush  (D major) 
G 
D 
When in those  (G major) fleet (D major) ing moments
Am 
G 
when the stars all seem  (A minor) aligned  (G major) 
It all runs together,
Em 
A 
 (E minor) as if by  (A major) design
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6

Every day getting a little

More aquainted with the riddles

Until I'm looking for them everywhere I go

Interlude 1

Verse 7
D 
When you stare  (D major) off in the night sometimes
A 
you see a little  (A major) too much
Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror,
D 
sometimes a razor and a  (D major) toothbrush
G 
D 
When in those  (G major) fleet (D major) ing moments
A 
when the stars all seem  (A major) aligned
G 
A 
D 
 (G major) It all runs together, as if by  (A major) design  (D major) 
As if by design