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Nine Cats (Acoustic version)
This is the version that can be found on the Insignificance bonus disc from the re-issue
Signify. Listen to the music for the timing/rhythm/hammer-ons/hammer-offs.
Chords:
Tuning EADGBE
Amadd9 x07500
D6sus2/A x07700
Fmaj7 x33210
Fmaj13 x33200
Esus4 022200
E 022100
C x32010
G 320033
A minor x02210
Dsus4 xx0233
D xx0232
Dsus2 xx0230
Intro:
Amadd9 | D6sus2/A
Fmaj7 Fmaj13 | Esus4 Emaj
Amadd9 D6sus2/A
The butterfly sailed on the breeze
Fmaj7 Fmaj13 Esus4 E
Past a field of barbed wire trees
Amadd9 D6sus2/A
Where golden dragons chased around
Fmaj7 Fmaj13 Esus4 E
Pampered poppies on the ground
C G Am Fmaj7
Two silver trout sat way on high
C G Am Fmaj7
And watched a royal samurai
C G Am Fmaj7
Plant two black orchids in a box
C G Am Fmaj7
And strap it to a laughing fox
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
He gave it to a blue baboon
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
Who filled it full of virgin snow
Fmaj7 G Am
And watched it in the afterglow
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Fmaj7 | G | Am
Amadd9 D6sus2/A
The toad stoon in his ballet shoes
Fmaj7 Fmaj13 Esus4 E
Teaching sixteen kangaroos
Amadd9 D6sus2/A
How to skip across a lake
Fmaj7 Fmaj13 Esus4 E
They found it hard to stay awake
C G Am Fmaj7
A pharaoh played a merry tune
C G Am Fmaj7
And watched nine cats dance on the moon
C G Am Fmaj7
I didn't know what all this meant
C G Am Fmaj7
I didn't know why I was sent.
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
I threw five clocks down on my bed
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
The chimes danced out on golden threads
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
And turned to footprints on my wall
Fmaj7 G Am
Sequined tears began to fall
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Am | Dsus4 D Dsus2
Fmaj7 | G | Am
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Da 1 n onli Mat Average |
#1 by Da 1 n onli Matt! goncalves at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:26 PM EST |
| I think this is about what the buttlefly sees, the butterfly sees things that arent natural, and can only describle them but things he recognives, trout=plains, nine cats on the moon=humans landing on the moon. etc. This may be the coolest song ever. | |
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mat Wanna Be |
#2 by mat bar at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:56 AM EST |
| this sounds like a fairy tale/acid flashback kinda dream that maybe one of the bandmembers had, or maybe its just a silly song, either way it kicks major ass | |
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† james † Average |
#3 by † james † at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:23 PM EST |
| I don't have any idea what it's supposed to mean, but it's one of my favorite songs ever. Also, I think the lyrics were written by Alan Duffy and not Steven Wilson. | |
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Conar Wanna Be |
#4 by Conar Gillard at Oct 11, 2007 at 6:23 AM EST |
| Porcupine Tree seem to use a sorten approach in writing poems that a lot of their songs are lyricaly connected by repeated motives (in the shape of single words or fragments). It is usually in the same album, since PT love to create concept albums. This magical song continues, to my opinion, the story of The Nostalgia Factory's catterpillar that turned into a butterfly. Both written by Allen Duffy for PT. So it make sense to me. It fits very originally cuz the two songs don't share the same music and singing. But both share the same writing pattern, only with a bit different flow. Here it tales the story of what happened to the butterfly from a different point of view, as if it was that of an outsider. Not the same one (the narrator most likely) that the caterpillar was "looking inside his swollen head" at the beginning. | |
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Matthew Average |
#5 by Matthew Spencer at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:42 PM EST |
| I just love these lyrics. | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#6 by Mistress Cheyenne at Oct 14, 2007 at 2:27 AM EST |
| The acoustic version is so heavenly. | |
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Austin Rhythm Player |
#7 by Austin at Oct 14, 2007 at 1:57 PM EST |
| I think that the 'golden dragons' are yellow JCBs, near a barbed wire fence, or 'barbed wire trees'. 'Two silver trout sat way on high' could be aeroplanes. Its kind of industriel at the start, but i have no idea what the rest means! Love it though =] | |
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