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Beautiful songwriting off Andrew's album 'Fitz And The Dizzyspells' (2009).
[Intro]
C C Am Am
C C Am Am
[Verse]
CTenuous at best was all he had to say
when pressed about the Amrest of it, the world that is
From Cproto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans
Greek AmCypriots and and Hobis-hots who hang around in ports a lot, uh-huh
[Interlude]
C C Am Am
C C Am Am
[Verse]
But Chere's where things start getting weird
While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh-Amhuh
CTool their minds to sharpened axes
Brush up on the Uralic synAmtaxes
[Pre-Chorus]
GLove of hate acts as an axis
GLove of hate acts as an axis, Foh
First it wanes and then it CwaxesAm  
C C Am Am
[Chorus]
CTen you us ness less Amseven comes to three
CThem you us plus eAmleven
Thank the heavens for their elasGticity
And that's for Fthose who live and die by astCronomyAm  
[Interlude]
C C Am Am
[Verse]
When CCoprophagia was writ, know when to stand know when to sit
Can't Amstand to stand can't stand to sit and who would want to know this
    CClick click clickAm  
[Bridge]
    GWho wants to look upon thisEm  
    GWho wants to look upon thisEm  
praG-  Em-ay       tellG  
    Who wants to look upon thisEm  
    GWho wants to look upon thisEm  
Gpray       teEmll
[Chorus]
CTenuousness less Amseven comes to three
CThem you us plus eAmleven
Comes just shy of inDfinity
And that's for Fmaj7those who live and die for numeCrology

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Ten-You-Us

by Andrew Bird

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Beautiful songwriting off Andrew's album 'Fitz And The Dizzyspells' (2009).

[Intro]

C C Am Am

[Verse]

Tenuous at best was all he had to say

when pressed about the rest of it, the world that is

From proto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans

Greek Cypriots and and Hobis-hots who hang around in ports a lot, uh-huh

[Interlude]

C C Am Am

[Verse]

But here's where things start getting weird

While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh-huh

Tool their minds to sharpened axes

Brush up on the Uralic syntaxes

[Pre-Chorus]

Love of hate acts as an axis

G F

Love of hate acts as an axis, oh

C Am

First it wanes and then it waxes

C C Am Am

[Chorus]

C Am

Ten you us ness less seven comes to three

C Am

Them you us plus eleven

Thank the heavens for their elasticity

F C Am

And that's for those who live and die by astronomy

[Interlude]

C C Am Am

[Verse]

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

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

C Am

Click click click

[Bridge]

G Em

Who wants to look upon this

G Em

Who wants to look upon this

G Em G

pra- -ay tell

Who wants to look upon this

G Em

Who wants to look upon this

G Em

pray tell

[Chorus]

C Am

Tenuousness less seven comes to three

C Am

Them you us plus eleven

Comes just shy of infinity

Fmaj7 C

And that's for those who live and die for numerology

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