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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) Gus (G major) is the (D major) cat at the (F sharp major) theater (B minor) door
His (E minor) name, as I (A major) ought to have told (D major) you before,
Is (G major) really asparagus,
(D major) but (F sharp major) that's such (B minor) a fuss to pro (E minor) nounce
that we usu (G major) ally call him just Gus.
(D major) His coat's (G major) very shabby, (D major)
(F sharp major) he's thin as (B minor) a rake,
and he (E minor) suffers (A major) from palsy
that (D major) makes his pores shake.
Yet (G major) he was in his (D major) youth
quite (F sharp major) the smartest of (B minor) cat s,
(E minor) though no longer a (A major) terror
(G major) To mice (D major) an d to rats.
For he is (G major) n't the (D major) cat
(E minor) that he was in his (D major) prime.
Though his name (G major) was quite (D major) famous,
(F sharp major) he says, in his (B minor) time.
And whenev (E minor) er he join (D major) s his
(E minor) friends at the club,
(D major) Which takes (G major) place (D major) at the back
of the (F sharp major) neighboring (B minor) pub,
He loves (E minor) to re (A major) gale them if someone (D major) else pays,
With anec (E minor) dotes (A major) drawn
from his palmi (D major) est days.
For (G major) he once was a (D major) star
of the (E minor) highest degree,
(D major) He has ac (G major) ted with (D major) arming,
he has acted with (B minor) tree
and he (E minor) likes to relate (D major) his suc (G major) cess of (D major) the halls
where the (G major) gallery once (D major) gave him sev (F sharp major) en cat (B minor) calls
but (E minor) his grandest creation
(Asus4) as (B minor) he loves to tell
was (E minor) fire (G major) fro fiddle (A major) the fiend (C major) of the (G major) fell (D major) (A major) (D major)
I (G major) have played in my (D major) time
every pos (A major) sible (B minor) part,
(E minor) and I used to know (A major) seventy
speeches (D major) by heart.
I'd (G major) ex temporize (D major) backchat,
(F sharp major) I knew how (B minor) to gag,
and (E minor) I knew how to (A major) let the
cat out (G major) of the (D major) bag.
I knew (G major) how to (D major) act
with my back (F sharp major) and (B minor) my tail.
With an (E minor) hour of (A major) rehearsal
I (D major) never could fail.
I'd a (G major) voice that (B minor) would soften
(D major) the hardest (F sharp major) of (B minor) hearts.
Whether (E minor) I I took the lead,
(A major) or (G major) in character (D major) parts,
I have (G major) sat by (B minor) the bed (D major) side
of (E minor) poor little Nell.
(D major) When (E minor) the curfew was rung,
(D major) then I (F sharp major) swung on the (B minor) bell.
In (E minor) the pantomime season,
(D major) I (G major) never fell flat,
(D major) And I (E minor) once un (D major) derstudied Dick
(F sharp major) Whitting (B minor) ton's cat.
But my (E minor) grandest creation,
(A major) as (B minor) his tory will tell,
Was (E minor) fire -throw (G major) -fiddle,
(A major) (G major) the Fiend (C major) of (G major) the Fell. (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Then if someone will give him
a toothful of gin,
He will tell (E minor) how he (A major) once played
a part (D major) in East Lynn.
At a Shakespeare performance
(A major) he (D major) once walked on pat,
When some act (B minor) or suggested
(A major) the (E minor) need for a (A major) cat.
And I (G major) say, love, these kittens,
(D major) (E minor) they do not get (D major) trained
As (G major) we did in the (D major) days
when Victori (B minor) a reigned
They (G major) never get (D major) drilled in a regu (E minor) lar troop
(D major) And they think (G major) they are (D major) smart
just to jump (B minor) through a hoop
And he says,
(E minor) as he (A major) scratches himsel
(D major) f with his claws,
Well, the (E minor) theatre is (A major) certainly
not (D major) what it was.
These mod (G major) ern productions
(D major) are all (E minor) very (D major) well,
But there's (G major) nothing (D major) to equal
from (F sharp major) what I hear (B minor) tell.
That (E minor) moment of mystery
(G major) when (B minor) I made history
As (E minor) fire -floor (G major) (A major) fiddle,
(G major) the fiend of the (G major) fell. (D major) (A major) (D major) you
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Paul Jones
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