Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure

Capo on 1 (All chords relative to capo) This is a great song by a great Canadian band. It is also one of the most depressing songs I know. Chords: C: x-3-2-0-1-0 or x-3-5-5-5-3 F: 1-3-3-2-1-1 G: 3-2-0-0-3-3 or 3-5-5-4-3-3 F(II): x-x-x-5-6-5 or x-x-10-10-10-x C(II): x-x-x-5-5-3 or x-x-10-9-8-x G(II): x-x-x-7-8-7 or x-x-12-12-12-x Am(II): x-x-x-9-10-8 or x-x-14-14-13-x Am: 0-0-2-2-1-0 or 5-7-7-5-5-5 / = strum ~ = hold chord C F It had something to do with the rain F C G leeching loamy dirt C F and the way the back lane came alive F C G half moon whispered "go" F G C F for a while I heard you missing steps in the street F G C F and your anger pleading in an uncertain key F C F singing the sound of you that you found for me C F When the winter took the tips of my ears F (2 fr.) C (2 fr.) G (2 fr.) found this noisy home C F full of pigeons and places to hide F (2 fr.) C (2 fr.) G (2 fr.) and when the voices die C F I emerged to watched abandoned machines F (2 fr.) C (2 fr.) G (2 fr.) waiting for their men C F to return, I remember the way F (2 fr.) C (2 fr.) G (2 fr.) I would wait for you F G C F to arrive with kibble and a box full of beer F G C F how I'd scratch the empties desperate to hear F// // F (2 fr.) you make the sound that you found for me F (2 fr.) ////// C (2 fr.) ////// G (2 fr.) ////// Am(II) ////// (This is played for the next stanza as well) After scr*pping with the ferals and the tabby let you brush my matted fur how I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping shallow breathing made me purr F C G Am But I can't remember the sound that you found for me F C G Am I can't remember the sound that you found for me F C G Am I can't remember the sound F-C-G-Am 2x F-G-C-F 2x F // // C ~~~~