Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat

Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat easy guitar chords by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

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Capo
  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Em

  • F#m

    2
  • Am

  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Ebsus4

    6
  • Ab

    4
  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • Fm

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Em

  • F#m

    2
  • Am

  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Ebsus4

    6
  • Ab

    4
  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • Fm

  • Verse 1
    D
    A
    D

    Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,

    the cat of the railway train
    A

    There's a whisper down the line
    Bm

    at eleven thirty - nine
    D
    G

    When the night mail's
    D

    ready to depart
    G
    D

    Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has
    A
    D

    he gone to hunt the thimble
    A
    G
    D

    We must find him or the train can't start"
    A

    All the guards and all the porters and
    Bm

    the stationmaster's daughters
    D
    G
    D

    Would be searching high and low

    Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for
    A
    D

    unless he's very nimble
    A
    G
    D

    Then the night mail just can't go."

    At eleven forty-two with

    with the signal overdue

    And the passengers all frantic to a man
    G
    D

    That's when I would appear
    Em
    D

    and I'd saunter to the rear
    G
    D
    Em
    A

    I'd been busy in the luggage van!
    D
    A

    Then he gave one flash of
    Bm
    A

    his glass - green eyes
    D
    G
    D

    And the signal went "all clear"
    G
    D
    A

    They'd be off at last to the northern part of
    F#m
    G
    D

    the northern hemisphere!
    Verse 2
    D

    Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,
    G
    D

    the cat of the railway train
    A

    You might say that by and large
    Bm
    D

    it was me who was in charge
    G
    D

    Of the Sleeping Car Express

    From the driver and guards to the
    A
    D

    bagmen playing cards
    A
    F#m

    I would supervise them
    G
    D

    all more or less
    A

    Down the corridor he paces
    Bm

    and examines all the faces
    D
    G
    D

    Of the travellers in the first and the third
    G
    D

    He established control
    A

    by a regular patrol
    F#m

    And he'd know at once
    G
    D

    if anything occured.

    He would you watch you without winking

    and he saw what you were thinking

    And it's certain that he didn't approve
    G
    D

    Of hilarity and riot so that
    Em
    D

    folk were very quiet
    G

    When Skimble was about
    D
    Em
    A

    and on the move
    D
    A

    You could play no pranks with
    Bm
    D

    Skimbleshanks
    G
    D

    He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
    G
    D

    So nothing went wrong on
    A
    D

    the Northern Mail
    G
    F#m
    G

    When Skimbleshanks was aboard
    D

    Verse 3
    D
    A

    It was very pleasant when
    D

    they'd found their little den
    A
    D
    A
    D

    With their name written up on the door

    And the berth was very neat

    with a newly folded sheet
    Am
    D

    And not a speck of dust on the floor
    G

    There was every sort of light,
    A
    D

    you could make it dark and bright
    A
    D
    A

    And a button you could
    D

    turn to make a breeze
    A
    D
    A

    And a funny little basin you're sup
    D

    posed to wash your face in

    And a crank to shut the window

    should you sneeze
    G
    C
    Cm

    Then the guard looked in politely and
    D

    would ask you very brightly
    G

    Do you like your morning
    D

    tea weak or strong
    G
    D

    But I was just behind him and
    Em
    D

    was ready to remind him
    G
    D

    For Skimble won't let any
    Em
    A

    thing go wrong
    D
    A
    Bm
    A

    When the crept into their cozy berth
    D
    G
    D

    and pulled the counterpane
    A
    D

    They all could reflect that it was very nice
    A

    To know that they wouldn't

    be bothered by mice
    D

    They can leave all that to the railway cat
    A
    F#m
    G
    D

    The cat of the railway train
    Eb
    Skimbleshank
    Verse 4
    Ebsus4
    Eb
    Ebsus4
    Eb

    s the railway cat,
    Ebsus4
    Eb

    the cat of the railway train
    Ab
    Eb
    Bb

    In the watches of the night I was
    Cm

    always fresh and bright
    Eb
    Ab
    Eb

    Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
    Ebsus4
    Eb

    With perhaps a drop of scotch while

    I was keeping up the watch
    Gm

    Only stopping here and
    Ab
    Eb

    there to catch a flea
    Bb

    They were fast asleep at Crew
    Cm

    and so they never knew
    Eb
    Ab

    That I was walking up
    Eb

    and down the station

    They were sleeping all the while

    I was busy at Carlisle
    Gm

    Where I met the stationmas
    Ab
    Eb

    ter with elation
    Verse 5
    Eb

    They might see me at Dumfries

    if I summoned the police
    Ebsus4
    Eb

    If there was anything they ought
    Ab
    Ebsus4
    Eb

    to know about
    Ab
    Eb

    When they got to Gallowgat there
    Fm
    Eb

    they did not have to wait
    Ab
    Eb

    For Skimbleshanks will help
    Fm
    Bb
    Bb

    them to get

    out
    Eb
    Bb

    And he gives you a wave of
    Cm

    his long brown tail
    Eb
    Ab
    Eb

    Which says "I'll see you again"
    Ab

    You'll meet without fail
    Eb

    on the Midnight Mail
    Gm
    Ab
    Eb

    The cat of the railway train
    Bb
    Cm
    Eb
    Ab

    Verse 6
    Ab
    Eb

    Ab
    Eb

    You'll meet with outfail on

    the Midnight Mail
    Gm
    Ab
    Eb

    The cat of the railway trail

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