Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
The WeakerthansVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Why don't you ever wanna play?
I'm tired of this piece of string
You sleep as much as I do now,
and you don't eat much of anything
I don't know who you're talking to
I made a search through every room
but all I found was dust that moved
with shadows of the afternoon
And listen, about those bitter songs you sing
they're not helping anything
they won't make you strong
So we should open up the house
invite the tabby two doors down
You could ask your sister if
she doesn't bring her basset hound
Ask the things you shouldn't miss
tape hiss and the modern man
cold war and card catalogues
to come join us if they can
For girly drinks and parlor games
we'll pass around the easy lie
of absolutely no regrets
and later maybe you could try
To let your losses dangle off
the sharp edge of a century
We'll talk about the weather
or how the weather use to be
And I'll cater, with all the birds that I can kill
let their tiny feathers fill disappointment
Lie down, and lick the sorrow from your skin
Scratch the terror and begin to believe you're strong
(SLOWLY)
All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV
frankly that thing doesn't really interest me
I swear I'm going to bite you hard and taste your tinny blood
if you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating
(PAUSE)
since the day you brought me home
X 2 End on
I know you're strong.
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Readable chord sheet for Plea from a Cat Named Virtute by The Weakerthans
[E] [A] [B] [A] [E]
[E]Why don't you ever wanna play?
[A]I'm tired of this piece of string
[B]You sleep as much as I do now,
and you d[A]on't eat much of a[E]nything
[E]I don't know who you're talking to
[A]I made a search through every room
[B]but all I found was dust that moved
wit[A]h shadows of th[E]e afternoon
[E]And listen, about those [A]bitter songs you sing
they're not [Fm]helping anything
they won't [A]make you [E]strong
[E]So we should open up the house
[A]invite the tabby two doors down
[B]You could ask your sister if
[A]she doesn't bring her [E]basset hound
[E]Ask the things you shouldn't miss
[A]tape hiss and the modern man
[B]cold war and card catalogues
[A]to come join us i[E]f they can
[E]For girly drinks and parlor games
[A]we'll pass around the easy lie
[B]of absolutely no regrets
[A]and later maybe [E]you could try
[E]To let your losses dangle off
[A]the sharp edge of a century
[B]We'll talk about the weather
or [A]how the weather [E]use to be
[E]And I'll cater, with all the [A]birds that I can kill
let their [Fm]tiny feathers fill [A]disappointment
[E]Lie down, and lick the [A]sorrow from your skin
Scratch the [Fm]terror and begin to [A]believe you're [E]strong
(SLOWLY)
[E]All you ever want to do is [A]drink and watch TV
[E]frankly that thing doesn't really [A]interest me
[E]I swear I'm going to bite you hard and [A]taste your tinny blood
[E]if you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating
[A] (PAUSE)
since the day you brought me home
[E] [A] [B] [A] [E] X 2 End on [E]
I know you're strong.