Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: G
Picking Pattern:
e|-0--------0-----0-----|
B|---0--------0---------|
G|-----0--------0-------| (repeat)
D|-0-----0--------0-----|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
(use normal chord patterns)
🎸 Intro:
e|-----3---------------|
B|--0----0-0---2-2-1-1-|
G|-0-0----0------------| x 4
D|------------2-2-1-1--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
🎸 Verse 1:
D Am
I have mapped the cupboards and drawers
D7 Edim7
Tracked the least-walked spots on the floor
Bm E
Happy to be home, safe and warm
F B7
As shadows by their feet, the odd vanishing treat
B7
Quietly eating while they sleep
🎸 Verse 2:
Gmaj7 A
So here’s where I’ll be raising my kids
D7 F#
If I can find someone to start a family with
Bm E
Till then I dream of the day my odds and ends fit
F B7
I’ll wake up, there’ll be food on the stove forever
B7
And never want for more
🎸 Chorus:
Em G
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Am7 G D B7 Em
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Em G7 C
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Cm G D B7
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s
Em Emaj7 Emaj A7
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Am D7
Do I belong in “right and wrong ”
G
Nature
I guess.
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G|-0-0----0------------| x 4
D|------------2-2-1-1--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
🎸 Verse 3:
D Am
One night one flung light through this place
D7 Edim7
So I run for cover, over under, left the rind out on the plate
Bm E
Little heart racing and praying “something keep me safe
F B7
I think it saw my face, okay
B7
One hungry day is nothing, come what may.”
🎸 Verse 4:
Gmaj7 A
But then winter came inside for three nights
D7 F#
Left me grinding my teeth between my walls and gripping my dreams tight
Bm E
Curled up kept my head up and put up the fight
F B7
I’ll make it through again. I have before. Come on now, what’s one more?
🎸 Chorus:
Em G
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Am7 G D B7 Em
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Em G7 C
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Cm G D B7
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s
Em Emaj7 Emaj A7
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Am D7
Do I belong in “right and wrong ”
Nature
I guess.
e|-----3---------------|
B|--0----0-0---2-2-1-1-|
G|-0-0----0------------| x 4
D|------------2-2-1-1--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Bridge A:
G
Spring bloomed in the kitchen again
Edim7
So I crawled out of the wall and squinting
Bm E
Saw hope on the stovetop just like I’d always imagined it
Em A7 D B7
More than I could eat, my dreams were finally reality
F B7 N.C
My struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends!
F
My stomach starts to turn, with thirst, why does it hurt?
B7
My just desert is served, dig in.
Bridge B:
Em G
And so I stumble back to bed
Am7 G D B7 Em
Something’s not quite right. Guess I’ll just go rest my head
Em G7 C
Now as I lay me down to sleep
Cm G D B7 Em
I expect no dreams, and no sweet goodbye to me
Em G Am7 G D B7
Flatline in the morning light. I held on so tight for so long
Em Emaj7 Emaj A7
It’s just not right, let a sigh out as I close my eyes.
Am D7
Was that all there was to this?
D B7
What’s for the best?
🎸 Chorus:
Em G
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Am7 G D B7 Em
What’s the moon made of? Meet me there after I’m gone
Em G7 C
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Cm G D B7
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s
Em Emaj7 Emaj A7
Held the same light as the one in your eyes.
🎸 Outro:
Am D7
Do I belong in “right and wrong ”
Am D7
One dies alone? And why? Don’t know.
Am D7
Goodbye. So long.
Am D7
To mice in homes.
Nature I guess
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G|-0-0----0------------| x 3
D|------------2-2-1-1--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Other versions of this song
- Tomcat Disposables (Solo)
Song History
Published: May 8, 2022
Last Updated: February 16, 2026