Nine Cats
Porcupine TreeVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The butterfly sailed on the breeze
Past a field of barbed wire trees
Where golden dragons chased around
Pampered poppies on the ground
Two silver trout sat way on high
And watched a royal samurai
Plant two black orchids in a box
And strap it to a laughing fox
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon
He gave it to a blue baboon
Who filled it full of virgin snow
And watched it in the afterglow
Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes
Teaching sixteen kangaroos
How to skip across a lake
They found it hard to stay awake
A pharaoh played a merry tune
And watched nine cats dance on the moon
I didn't know what all this meant
I didn't know why I'd been sent.
The Insignificance version of Nine Cats has the following additional verse at the end:
I threw 5 clocks down on my bed
The chimes danced out on golden threads
And turned to footprints on my wall
Sequined tears began to fall
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Readable chord sheet for Nine Cats by Porcupine Tree
[Am]The butterfly sailed on the bre[D]eze [Fmaj7]Past a field of barbed wire tr[E]ees [Am]Where golden dragons chased aro[D]und [Fmaj7]Pampered poppies on the gr[E]ound [C]Two silver trout sat way on h[Am]igh [Fmaj7] [C]And watched a r[G]oyal samur[Am]ai [F] [C]Plant two black orchids in a b[Am]ox [Fmaj7] A[C]nd strap it t[G]o a laughing f[Am]ox [Fmaj7] [Am]A minstrel bought a crooked sp[D]oon [Am]He gave it to a blue bab[D]oon [Am]Who filled it full of virgin s[D]now And w[Fmaj7]atched it i[G]n the afterg[Am]low Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes Teaching sixteen kangaroos How to skip across a lake They found it hard to stay awake A pharaoh played a merry tune And watched nine cats dance on the moon I didn't know what all this meant I didn't know why I'd been sent. The Insignificance version of Nine Cats has the following additional verse at the end: I threw 5 clocks down on my bed The chimes danced out on golden threads And turned to footprints on my wall Sequined tears began to fall