The Weakerthans – Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

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*     x-x-x-5-6-5  or  x-x-10-10-10-x
C*     x-x-x-5-5-3  or  x-x-10-9-8-x
G*     x-x-x-7-8-7  or  x-x-12-12-12-x
Am*    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 that you found for me

         C                          F
When the winter took the tips of my ears

F*         C*       G*
found this noisy home

        C                        F
full of pigeons and places to hide

    F*       C*       G*
and when the voices die

   C                           F
I emerged to watch abandoned machines

F*      C*          G*
waiting for their men

     C                     F
to return, I remember the way

F*      C*          G*
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*
you make the sound that you found for me
F* ////// C* ////// G* ////// Am* //////
F*        C*             G*              Am*
After scrapping with the ferals and the tabby

F*      C*            G*      Am*
let you brush my matted fur

F*      C*              G*                     Am*
how I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping

F*      C*                G*      Am*
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 x2 F G C F x2 F // // C ~~~~