Plea From a Cat Named Virtue Capo 4 Intro: E5 A5 B5 A5 E5 E5 Why don't you ever wanna play? A5 I'm tired of this piece of string B5 You sleep as much as I do now, A5 E5 and you don't eat much of anything E5 I don't know who you're talking to A5 I made a search through every room B5 but all I found was dust that moved A5 E5 with shadows of the afternoon E5 A5 And listen, about those bitter songs you sing F5 they're not helping anything A5 E5 they won't make you strong E5 So we should open up the house A5 invite the tabby two doors down B5 You could ask your sister if A5 E5 she doesn't bring her basset hound E5 Ask the things you shouldn't miss A5 tape hiss and the modern man B5 cold war and card catalogues A5 E5 to come join us if they can E5 For girly drinks and parlor games A5 we'll pass around the easy lie B5 of absolutely no regrets A5 E5 and later maybe you could try E5 To let your losses dangle off A5 the sharp edge of a century B5 We'll talk about the weather A5 E5 or how the weather use to be E5 A5 And I'll cater, with all the birds that I can kill F5 A5 let their tiny feathers fill disappointment E5 A5 Lie down, and lick the sorrow from your skin F5 A5 E5 Scratch the terror and begin to believe you're strong (SLOWLY) E5 A5 All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV E5 A5 frankly that thing doesn't really interest me E5 A5 I swear I'm going to bite you hard and taste your tinny blood E5 if you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating A5 (PAUSE5 ) since the day you brought me home E5 A5 B5 A5 E5 X 2 End on E5 I know you're strong.