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Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat chords by 
Andrew Lloyd Webber 
N/A•
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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Chords
D
A
Bm
G
Em
F#m
Am
C
Cm
Eb
Ebsus4
Ab
Bb
Gm
Fm
Capo: 2
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