Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Andrew Bird
Music by Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh & Chris Morrisey
Key of A minor



CHORDS (low to high)
    
Am     X02210
C/G    33201X
F7M  X3321X
E      022100

Note: Play in "reggae style", first with a muted down-stroke, 
then play the chord using an up-stroke: 
-X - Am-X - Am-X - C-X - C--X - F7M-X - F7M-X - E-X - E-


INTRO

 let ring
    Am      C/G       F7M     E
 |  |  -----5-7-----7-8- | -----5-7--(5)h7p5---  |  | 
 |  |  -----------5----- | ---6--------------6-  |  | 
 |  | O---5-----5------- | -4------------------O |  | 
 |  | O-7--------------- | --------------------O |  | 
 |  |  ----------------- | --------------------  |  | 
 |  |  ----------------- | --------------------  |  |  


VERSE I

Am               C/G          F7M         E
He's keeping busy, yeah, he's bleeding stones
Am         C/G            F7M    E
With his machinations and his palindromes
Am        C/G                F7M   E
It was anything but hear the voice
Am           C/G            F7M  E
Anything but hear the voice
        Am          C/G
It was anything but hear the voice
     F7M               E          Am   C/G  F7M  E
That says that we're all basically alone

Am  C/G  F7M  E


VERSE II

Am             C/G         F7M       E
Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions
        Am             C/G          F7M  E
When he put his Bunsen burners all away
    Am           C/G             F7M
And turning to a playground in a Petri dish
      E                  Am
Where single cells would swing their fists
   C/G           F7M           E
At anything that looks like easy prey
       Am      C/G       F7M       E
In this nature show that rages every day
       Am      C/G       F7M  E (strum louder)
It was then he heard his intuition say
                       Am
We were all basically alone


CHORUS
    C/G                   Fmaj       E
And despite what all his studies had shown
               Am             C/G         F7M         E
That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case for mitosis
    Am  C/G    F7M        E           Am         C/G       F7M  E
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy?
Am             C/G     F7M     E
Tell me doctor can you quantify?
Am               C/G       F7M  E (strum louder)
He just wants to know the reason,   the reason why

Am  C/G  F7M  E


VERSE III

            Am            C/G
Why do they congregate in groups of four

F7M          E        Am
Scatter like a billion spores
            C/G       F7M       E
And let the wind just carry them away?
Am           C/G    F7M
How can kids be so mean?
           E               Am
Our famous doctor tried to glean
      C/G              F7M      E
As he went home at the end of the day
      Am       C/G       F7M       E
In this nature show that rages every day
       Am      C/G       F7M  E  (strum louder)
It was then he heard his intuition say
                       Am
We were all basically alone


CHORUS

   C/G                F7M      E
Despite what all his studies had shown
               Am           C/G              F7M     E
That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case of mitosis
Am         C/G         F7M             E
Sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis
    Am  C/G    F7M        E           Am         C/G       F7M  E
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy?
              Am              C/G      F7M
Well, tell me doctor, can you quantify?
E (strum louder)
  The reason why

Am  C/G  F7M  E ... end on Am