Plea From A Cat Named Virtute

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