Porcupine Tree – Nine Cats (Ukulele)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

Am			       D    
The butterfly sailed on the breeze

Fmaj7   	              E
Past a field of barbed wire trees

Am			       D
Where golden dragons chased around

Fmaj7                     E
Pampered poppies on the ground

C                            Am   Fmaj7  
Two silver trout sat way on high

C              G         Am    Fmaj
And watched a royal samurai 

C                             Am Fmaj7
Plant two black orchids in a box

 C	      G             Am   Fmaj7
And strap it to a laughing fox

Am			      D
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon

Am		        D
He gave it to a blue baboon

Am			      D
Who filled it full of virgin snow

     Fmaj7      G           Am
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