That White Cat

Intro: G Em 

 
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I see him through my window 
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The white neighbourhood cat marking my house 
                 E 
It's supposed to be my house 
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But I guess, according to cats, now it's his house 
                        E 
Mama told me, "Things will leave you 
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They get broken, they get lost 
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The only thing you can trust 
            E 
Is what you lived through" 
 

 
      A                D 
Mama, how 'bout when I die? 
G           Em              
What do you hold onto? Hey 
 

 
Ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 
A         E 
Ya, ya-ya-ya, ya-ya 

Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya 
A         E 
Ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 

Ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 
A         E 
Ya, ya-ya-ya, ya-ya 

Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya 
A         E 
Ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 
 

 
Gotta go to work 
                E 
To pay for that cat's house 
         
For the red-corseted wasp 
                
Who lives in the roof 
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For the family of possums 
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For the bugs who drink my blood 
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And the birds who eat those bugs 
 

 
               D               G 
So that white cat can kill the birds 
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What do you hold onto? Hey 


Instrumental: 
 

 
Ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 
G   E 
Ya, ya 

Ya, ya-ya-ya-ya 
G   E 
Ya, ya, ya-ya-ya 

Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya 
G   E 
Ya, ya