[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
F F
I watch my yellow cat
C G
Invade my red cat in the yard
F F
The feline war has raged for years
C G
So I assume it'd be too hard
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For me to drive my foot between them
C G
I would never risk the scratch
F F
Just to prove to one or both of them
C G
A cat is just a cat
F F
Again, I watch my cousin greg
C G
Watch mtv inside his home
F F
He makes fun of the hip hop videos
C G
From the couch he rides alone
F F
Snug in the cushion of his cackling
C G
He forgets his living doubts
F F
He has relied on this for years
C G
You will not yank the carpet out
no, no
[Chorus]
Am G
These are my friends
F G
This is who they have been for always
Am G
These are my days
F G
This is how they stay
hey, hey
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hey hey
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ok check this out
[Verse 2]
F F
I watch this dude each night, same table
C G
Who creates and crumples up
F F
His eyes are wide from sipping endlessly
C G
His endless coffee cup
F F
He feeds me quotes that lonely goat
C G
I watch him grazing by himself
F F
I will not stop him when he rambles
C G
I'm becoming one myself
F F
Lou is bugged shot up with drugs
C G
He sweats this bird he hardly knows
F F
All that he wants is to see someone
C G
He respects without their clothes
F F
So like some hybrid mother/lover
C G
She'd soothe and heal his wounds
F F
And kiss them dying ears so softly
C G
That the reaper stops to swoon
Oh please
[Chorus]
Am G
These are my friends
F G
This is who they have been for always
Am G
These are my days
F G
This is how they stay hey hey
Am G
These are my friends
F G
This is who they will be forever
Am G
This is how we
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stay hey hey
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hey hey
F F C G
(weird croaking sound) ah shit!
[Bridge]
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oooh ooh oooh ooh
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oooh ooh oooh ooh
F F
i watch my yellow cat hey hey
C G
i watch my yellow cat
F F
i watch my yellow cat hey hey
C G
i watch my yellow cat
[Verse 3]
F F
I watch my neighbor's son
C G
Play with his shotgun in the street
F F
I think I'll blaze all day and marvel
C G
at the mass of food I eat
F F
It's strange, I'm skinny when I'm standing
C G
But I'm buddha when I sit
F F
And if I'm truly so enlightened
C G
Why'd I waste your time on it
F F
As I look back at countless crossroads
C G
And the middle where I stay
F F
Right up the beaten path to boredom
C G
Where the fakest fucks get laid
F F
By the faux-finest finds It's been that way
C G
God damn you, how you stay
F F
With every scummy, crummy hour
C G
Of the scummy, crummy day
hey hey
[Chorus]
Am G
These are my friends
F G
This is who they have been for always
Am G
These are my days
F G
This is how they stay
Am G
These are my friends
F G
This is who they remain forever
Am G
This is
F G
how we stay
hey hey
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