John K. Samson

Plea From A Cat Named Virtute

John K. Samson


Tom: E

      E   E/A   B    A   E-open     E    A   F#m    
E|-----------------------------|----0----0----2----|
B|-----------------------------|----0----2----2----|
G|------------------------1----|----1----2----2----|
D|----6----6----9----7----2----|----2----2----4----|
A|----7----7----9----7----2----|----2----0----4----|
E|---------5----7----5----0----|----0---------2----|


Capo 4th fret


[First Verses]
E
    Why don't you ever wanna play
E/A
    I'm tired of this piece of string
B
    You sleep as much as I do now and you
A                      E-open
    Don't eat much of anything

E
    I don't know who you're talking to
E/A
    I made a search through every room
B
    But all I found was dust that moved
A                       E-open
    'n shadows of the afternoon


[Chorus 1]
    E        
And listen
             A
About those bitter songs you sing
             F#m
They're not helping anything
           A        E
They won't make you strong


[Second Verses]
E
    So we should open up the house
E/A
    Invite the tabby two doors down
B                             
    You could ask your sister if
A                          E-open
    She doesn't bring her basset hound

E
    Asked of things you shouldn't miss
E/A
    Tape hiss and the modern man
B
    Cold war and card catalogues
A                    E-open
    To come join us if they can

E
    For girly drinks and parlour games
E/A
    We'll pass around the easy lie
B
    Of absolutely no regrets
A                    E-open
    And later maybe you could try

E
    To let your losses dangle off
E/A
    The sharp edge of a century
B
    Talk about the weather or
A                    E-open
    How the weather used to be


[Chorus 2]
         E                           
And I'll cater
             A
With all the birds that I can kill
          F#m                 
Let their tiny feathers fill
    A
Disappointment

 E                      
Lie down
             A
And lick the sorrow from your skin
            F#m               
Scratch the terror and begin
     A           
To believe you're 


[Outro]

        First line         Second line         Third line             Fourth line       Fifth line 

     E   F#m  B/G#  A     A/C#  E  A/A#     E   Fm   F#m   A     A/C# A/C  E  A/A#  A        E
E|---0----2-------------|---------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------|
B|---0----2---------2---|---------------|---0----1----2----2---|------------------------|---------|
G|---1----2---------2---|---------------|---1----1----2----2---|------------------------|----9----|
D|---2----4----4----2---|---2---2---2---|---2----3----4----2---|---2---2---2---2----2---|----9----|
A|---2----4----2----0---|---4---2---1---|---2----3----4----0---|---4---3---2---1----0---|----7----|
E|---0----2----4--------|---------------|---0----1----2--------|------------------------|---------|

E            F#m           B/G#             A
All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV
    A/C#               E                 A/A#
And frankly that thing doesn't really interest me
  E                Fm               F#m               A
I swear I'm gonna bite you hard and taste your tinny blood
   A/C#               A/C            E                  A/A#               A
If you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating since the day you brought me home
              E
I know you're strong

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