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tabbed by: stephenp182

Never see a tab for this one, here's how I play it, partly by ear, partly from shaky phone videos.

Chords:
D 000232
B xxx767
C#xxx989
G 32xx33
C 87xx88
D*10 9 x x 10 10

Intro/Verse:
D B C# B open G C D* C open

when the rainbows disappeared from the skies of northern florida
because the rain had gone away,
and i looked out on the front lawn and i saw you there.
it was 6:31 AM on a saturday.

                      D
and you turned into a housecat, 
                      G                     D
and you all think i'm making this part up,
                  G 
but you're wrong, wrong, you're wrong.

and the wind came through the window.
and it my licked at my face.
and i heard the sound of about a thousand housecats
squalling up from all over the place
                      D
and you all think i'm crazy
                          G
or making up some kind of cute story
D                          G
or telling little jokes to amuse myself with
            D
but you are wrong.
              G
i am going to dade county right now.

tabbed by: willneu97

Here's how I play it, sounds a bit more similar to the 1994 Under Acme recording that I have.

Capo 1, all chords below are relative to the capo

D:     xx0232
Dsus2: xx0230
Dsus4: xx0032
G:     320033
C:     870088
D*:    10 9 0 0 10 10

Intro: D Dsus2-D-Dsus4-D G C D* (x3)

D                                                        G       C      D*
When the rainbows disappeared from the skies of northern Florida
D                         G       C      D*
Because the rain had gone away
D                                                G       C      D*
And I looked out on the front lawn and I saw you there
D                   G  
It was 6:31 AM on a Saturday

                       D
And you morphed into a housecat
                      G
And you all think I'm making this part up
                                D  (Intro x2)
But you are wrong, wrong, wrong.

(Not too sure about this second verse, but it sounds right. Kind of.)

D                             Dsus2-D-Dsus4-D
And the wind came through the window
G
And it my licked at my face
D                                Dsus2-D-Dsus4-D
And I heard the sound of about a thousand tomcats
G
Squalling up from all over the place
                      D
And you all think I'm crazy
                            G
Or making up some kind of a cheap story
D                            G
Or telling little stories to amuse myself with
            D
But you are wrong
G                           D  (Intro until you feel like you're done)
Going to Dade County, right now