Key: F major•
Verse 1
Ebm
F
He's a cat who has lived
C
Cm
many lives in succession.
Am
Bb
C
and fam ous in rhyme.
A long while before Queen
Old Deuteronomy's buried
F
Cm
I am tempted to say ninety -nine,
Gm
Am
And his numerous progeny
Bb
C
prospers and thrives,
Ab
C
And the village is proud of him
At the sight of that placid
Fm
C
and bland physiognomy
Cm
F
When he sits in the sun
Cm
Db
B
Ab
The oldest inhabitant croaks
C
F
Well, of all things
Can it be really?
Ebm
F
Cm
Yes, no, oh aye, oh my aye
Gm
Am
My mind may be wandering
Bb
C
Ab
C
But I confess I believe it is old Deutero
F
Ebm
F
Cm
nomy.
Gm
Am
Bb
C
Ab
C
F
Gm
Am
The bullocks may bellow,
Bb
C
the sheep they may bleat,
Ab
C
but the dogs and the herdsmen
The cars and the lorries
run over the curb
Ebm
F
Cm
And the villagers put up a notice,
road closed,
Gm
Am
So that nothing untoward may
Bb
C
chance to disturb
C
F
when he feels so disposed.
The digestive repose
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Fm
Must never be broken, whatever befall
Db
Eb
Ab
And the oldest inhabitant croaks
C
F
Well, of all things, can it be rarely
Ebm
F
Cm
Yes, no, oh, hi, oh, my, I
Gm
Am
My mind may be wandering,
Bb
C
Ab
but I confess I believe it is
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F
C
F
Ebm
Old Deuteronomy
Cm
Gm
Am
your legs may be torturing,
Bb
C
you must go slow,
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C
Am
F
and be careful of old Deuteronomy. autonomy.
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ChordsF Ebm C Cm Gm...
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Ebm
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Cm
Gm
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Bb
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Eb
Capo: 3
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