Title:         Nine Cats (Acoustic version)
Album:         Porcupine Tree - Insignificance
Lyrics:        Alan Duffy / Steve Wilson
Music:         Steve Wilson
Transcription: Mark Botta

        EADGBe             EADGBe
Am      x02210     E       022100
Asus4   x02230     Esus4   022200
C       x32010     F       133211
D       x00232     Fmaj7   x33210
Dsus4   x00233     Fmaj7/B x33200
D9      x00210     G       320033


INTRO

Am   Asus4   Fmaj7   Fmaj7/B   Esus4   E


VERSE 1

Am                          Asus4
The butterfly sailed on the breeze

F                           Esus4  E
Past a field of barbed wire trees

Am                          Asus4
Where golden dragons chased around

F                       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     
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon

D9-Am  D9-Am         Dsus4  D
He gave it to a blue baboon

D9-Am  D9-Am                 Dsus4  D
Who filled it full of virgin snow

    F   G              D9-Am  D9-Am
And wandered in the afterglow

Am    D9-Am    Dsus4    D
Am    D9-Am    Dsus4    D
Am    D9-Am    Dsus4    D
F     G    D9-Am    D9-Am


VERSE 2

A toad stood in his ballet shoes
Teaching sixteen kangaroos
How to skip across a lake
They found it hard to stay awake

A Pharoh played a merry tune
And watched nine cats dance on the moon
I didn't know what all this meant
I didn't know I was sent

I threw five clocks down on my bed
The chimes danced out on golden threads
And turned to footprints on my wall
Sequined tears began to fall