Plea From A Cat Named Virtute Chords by John K. Samson
Verse (palm mute) Chorus (let ring)
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
With 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
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 F F#m A A/C# A/C E A/A# A E
e|---0----2-------------|---------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------|
B|---0----2---------2---|---------------|------------------2---|------------------------|---------|
G|---1----2---------2---|---------------|---1----2----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 F 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
