• Song:

    Tau A Song About A Circle Constant

  • Artist:

    Vi Hart

Tau / A song about a circle constant, written and sung by Victoria "Vi" Hart - http://vihart.com/

Capo on 5th fret

song uses variations of normal chords, as I have a limited "chord vocabulary" they 
will be listed as numbers above the song.

chord "1" - 202220 - use thumb
chord "2" - 222100 - use thumb
chord "3" - 422100 - awkward, but that is what is played
chord "4" - 022102
chord "5" - 202100 - use thumb

they're not perfect, but that's as close as I could get them with my fingers

- verse 1

E (022100@1)                                  Bwhen (x2444x@1)you want to make a circle, how is it done?

A (x02220@1)                            EWell (022100@1)you probably will start, with the radius 1

E (022100@1)                                          BUse (x2444x@1)a compass or a string, use a paper or the ground

A (x02220@1)                          Band (x2444x@1)if the radius is 1, how far did you go around?

- Chorus 1

A (x02220@1)               1      AIt's (x02220@1)Tau! six point two eight, yeah!

E (022100@1) 1             E (022100@1)   1     E (022100@1) Ait's (x02220@1)Tau, six point two eight three one eight

E (022100@1)  2     3  4      E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                  Efive (022100@1)three oh seven, one seven nine five eight

- Verse 2

E (022100@1)                                                 4      
If you pick a certain distance, and you pick a certain spot

A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)and you put the two together, then what have you got?

E (022100@1)                                             4
it makes a very special shape, and now you are the inventor,

A (x02220@1)                                              
if you pick all of the points a certain distance from your center,

4           E (022100@1)                Aand (x02220@1)you got a great collection, and it is a great invention,

E (022100@1)            4              Eand (022100@1)it makes a lovely circle, well depending on dimension,

E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)  Ethat (022100@1)makes, one, two, three

Eand (022100@1)there's four and even more.

4 
but for a circle, and other circles, if you take the distance and compare.

- Chorus 2

A (x02220@1)               1      AIt's (x02220@1)Tau! six point two eight, yeah!

E (022100@1) 1             E (022100@1)    1     E (022100@1) Ait's (x02220@1)Tau, six point two eight, three one eight

E (022100@1)  2     3  4      E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                Efive (022100@1)three oh seven, one seven-nine-five-eight

A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          Asix (x02220@1)four seven, six nine two five two eight.

- Verse 3

E (022100@1)                                                   BI (x2444x@1)know what you are thinking, what about that other guy?

Athe (x02220@1)one that's sometimes pronounced "pee".

Eand (022100@1)it's sometimes pronounced "pie"

E (022100@1)                                     4             BI (x2444x@1)mean it's fine when you are building, but it does not belong in math

Aall (x02220@1)the equations make more sense when you use taw or you use taff

4           E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)          Eand (022100@1)while you get the same answer, no matter which way.

E (022100@1)             4             Eyou (022100@1)get further from the truth when we obscure what we say

E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)   Eand (022100@1)know it now makes sense.

Ewhen (022100@1)it's beautiful and pure

4
but please don't make it ugly with your bad notation and awful curriculum.



- Chorus 2

A (x02220@1)                1      AUse (x02220@1)Tau! six point two eight, yeah!

E (022100@1)  1             E (022100@1)    1     E (022100@1) AUse (x02220@1)Tau, six point two eight, three one eight

E (022100@1)  2     3  4      E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                Efive (022100@1)three oh seven, one seven-nine-five-eight

A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          Esix (022100@1)four seven, six nine two five two eight.

A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)            E (022100@1)six seven six six five five nine oh!

A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)       Eoh (022100@1)five seven six eight

2     4    5    E (022100@1)   2     4
three nine four three three eight

E235  E235
seven five  oh!

5   Etwo (022100@1)one
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