Tenuousness Chords by Andrew Bird

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Tenuous at best was all he had to say When pressed [Am] about the rest of it, the world
that is _ _ [C]
From proto-Sanskrit Minoans to proto-centric
[Am] Lisboans, Greeks, Cypriots, and Harbisauts Who hang around the ports a [C] lot
But _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] here's the thing, it starts getting weird Watching this man who scratched the [Am] bits of
art _ _ _ _ _ [C] To the minds of sharpen axes, brush upon the
[Am] urallics in taxes _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Love of hate, axes and axes, love of hate,
axes and [F] axes, oh, oh First it wanes [C] and then it _ waxes _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ So we'll create and [C] pay taxes _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ Tenuousnessless, [Am] seven comes to three _ _
[C] Then you must proceed [Am] Eleven thank the heavens for their [G] elasticity
_ And _ _ [F] as for those who live and die For _
[C] astronomy _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ Uncultified, you're always ridden, oh, when to stand, oh, when to [Am] sit
Can't stand to stand, can't stand to sit Who would want to know [Bm] this?
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Who wants to look [Em] upon this?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Who wants to look [Em] upon this?
_ _ Pre _ [D] _
[G]-empted _ Who wants to look [Em] upon this? _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Who wants to look [Em] upon this?
_ _ _ _ Pre [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
[G]-empted _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Pre _ _ -empted
_ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Tenuousnessless, [Em] seven comes to three
_ [D] _
[G] Then you must proceed [Em] _ Eleven thank the heavens for their _ _
[D] elasticity
_ _ And as [F] for those who live and die [C] For _ numerology _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _