Song: Tenuousness
Artist: Andrew Bird
Album: Noble Beast

Normal Tuning
No Capo

Chords used: C/G  Am  G   F   Em D/A 
             -0- -0- -3- -1- -0- -2-
             -1- -1- -3- -1- -0- -3-
             -0- -2- -0- -2- -0- -2-
             -2- -2- -0- -3- -2- -0-
             -3- -0- -2- -3- -2- -0-
             -3- --- -3- -1- -0- ---

Intro: C/G Am

C/G                                                          
Tenuous at best was all he had to say when pressed about the 
Am
rest of it, the world that is
     C/G                            
from proto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans
      Am 
Greek Cypriots and and Hobis-hots
                                   C/G
Who hang around in ports a lot, uh huh. 
                 Am
(whitsling part)
C/G
Here's where things start getting weird
                                                  Am
While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh huh
C/G                                                                
To their minds a sharpened axe while 
                               Am
brushed up on the Uralic syntaxes
G
Love of hate acts as an axis
                               F
Love of hate acts as an axis, oh oh
                             C/G
First it wanes and then it waxes
                 Am
(whistling part)
                             C/G
So procreate and pay your taxes
                 Am
(whistling part)
C/G
Ten you us ness less
Am
seven comes to three
C/G
Them you us plus 
Am                                     G
eleven thank the heavens for their elasticity
                F                             C/G
And that's for those who live and die for astronomy
                Am
(whistling part)
C/G             Am
(whistling part)
C/G
When Coprophagia was writ know when to stand know when to sit
      Am                                      
Can't stand to stand can't stand to sit and who would want to know this
C/G             Am     G
Click click click
G                            Em
Who wants to look upon this
G                            Em
Who wants to look upon this
         G
pray tell
G                            Em
Who wants to look upon this
G                            Em
Who wants to look upon this
         G
pray tell
         Em
pray tell
G                 
Ten you us ness less 
Em 
seven comes to three
G
Them you us plus
Em                          D/A
eleven comes just shy of infinity
                C/G                  
And that's for those who live and die
           G
for numerology