Andrew Bird – Tenuousness (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Chords

Pretty simple song, enjoy!
Chords used:  G   Em  C   D   D6  A 
             -3- -0- -0- -2- -2- -0-
             -3- -0- -1- -3- -0- -2-
             -0- -0- -0- -2- -2- -2-
             -0- -2- -2- -0- -0- -2-
             -2- -2- -3- --- --- -0-
             -3- -0- --- --- --- ---
Intro: G, Em
G                                                          
Tenuous at best was all he had to say when pressed about the 

Em
rest of it, the world that is

     G                            
from proto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans

      Em 
Greek Cypriots and and Hobis-hots

                                   G
Who hang around in ports a lot, uh huh. 

                 Em
(whitsling part)

G
Here's where things start getting weird

                                                  Em
While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh huh

G                                                                
To their minds a sharpened axe while 

                               Em
brushed up on the Uralic syntaxes

D
Love of hate acts as an axis

D                               C
Love of hate acts as an axis, oh oh

                             G
First it wanes and then it waxes

                 Em
(whistling part)

                             G
So procreate and pay your taxes

                 Em
(whistling part)

G
Ten you us ness less

Em
seven comes to three

G
Them you us plus 

Em                                    D
eleven thank the heavens for their elasticity

                C                             G
And that's for those who live and die for astronomy

                Em
(whistling part)

G               Em
(whistling part)

G
When Coprophagia was writ know when to stand know when to sit

      Em                                      
Can't stand to stand can't stand to sit and who would want to know this

G              Em     G
Click click click

D                           D6
Who wants to look upon this

D                           D6
Who wants to look upon this

         D
pray tell

D                           D6
Who wants to look upon this

D                           D6
Who wants to look upon this

         D
pray tell

         D6
pray tell

D                 
Ten you us ness less 

D6 
seven comes to three

D
Them you us plus

D6                          A
eleven comes just shy of infinity

                G                  
And that's for those who live and die

           G
for numerology