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