The Cat Came Back Chord Chart
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1THE CAT CAME BACK
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Intro: Dm C
Bb A7
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Dm
C
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own. He had a yellow cat who wouldn't leave its home;
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Bb
A7
He tried and he tried to give the cat a-way, he gave it to a man who was goin' far a-way.
Dm
C
Bb
A7
But the cat came back the very next day,
Dm
C
Bb
A7
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Dm C Bb A7#5
But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay a-way.
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Bb
A7
He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note. He told him for to take it up the river in a boat;
Dm
C
Bb
A7
He tied a rope a-round its neck, it must have weighed a pound
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Now they drag the river for a little boy that's drowned.
But the cat ......
Dm
C
Bb
A7
The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
Dm
C
Bb
A7
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dyna-mite;
Dm
C
Bb
A7
He waited and he waited for the cat to come a-round,
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found.
But the cat......
Dm
C Bb
A7
Dm
C
Bb
A7
The atom bomb fell just the other day. The H-Bomb fell in the very same way;
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A.
Dm
C
Bb
A7
The human race was finished with-out a chance to pray.
Dm
C
Bb
A7
But the cat came back the very next day,
Dm
C
Bb
A7
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
Dm
C
Bb
A7
Dm C Bb
But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay a-way.
A7
Dm C Bb A7 Dm C Bb A7 Dm6
Stay a-way,
stay a-way,
stay a-way
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