Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat chords by Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,
the cat of the railway train
There's a whisper down the (A major) line
at el (B minor) even thirty - nine
(D major) When the night (G major) mail's
ready to de (D major) part
Saying, (G major) "Skimble, where is (D major) Skimble has
he (A major) gone to hunt the thimble (D major)
(A major) We must find him or the train (G major) can't start" (D major)
All the guards and all the porters (A major) and
the sta (B minor) tionmaster's daughters
(D major) Would be searching (G major) high and low (D major)
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for
un (A major) less he's very nimble (D major)
(A major) Then the night mail just (G major) can't go." (D major)
At eleven forty-two with
with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
That's (G major) when I would ap (D major) pear
and I'd saunter (E minor) to the rear (D major)
I'd been (G major) busy in the luggage (D major) (E minor) van! (A major)
Then he (D major) gave one (A major) flash of
his glass (B minor) - green eye (A major) s
(D major) And the signal (G major) went "all clear" (D major)
They'd be off (G major) at last (D major) to the northern (A major) part of
the northern (F sharp minor) (G major) hemisphere! (D major)
Verse 2
Skimbleshanks the (D major) Railway cat,
the cat of the rail (G major) way (D major) train
You might say that by and (A major) large
it was (B minor) me who was in (D major) charge
Of the Sleeping (G major) Car Express (D major)
From the driver and guards to the
bag (A major) men playing card (D major) s
(A major) I would supervise (F sharp minor) them
(G major) all more or less (D major)
Down the corridor he (A major) paces
and ex (B minor) amines all the faces
(D major) Of the trav (G major) ellers in the first and the third (D major)
He estab (G major) lished con (D major) trol
by a (A major) regular patrol
And he'd (F sharp minor) know at once
if (G major) anything oc (D major) cured.
He would you watch you without winking
and he saw what you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't approve
Of hil (G major) arity and (D major) riot so that
(E minor) folk were very quiet (D major)
When (G major) Skimble was about
and (D major) on the (E minor) move (A major)
You could play (D major) no pranks (A major) with
(B minor) (D major) Skimbleshanks
He's a (G major) cat that couldn't be ignored (D major)
So nothing (G major) went (D major) wrong on
the (A major) Northern (D major) Mail
(G major) When (F sharp minor) (G major) Skimbleshanks was aboard
(D major)
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Verse 3
(D major) It was very pleasant (A major) when
they'd found (D major) their little den
(A major) With their name (D major) written (A major) up on the (D major) door
And the berth was very neat
with a newly folded sheet
(A minor) And (D major) not a speck of dust on the floor
There was (G major) every sort of light,
(A major) you could make (D major) it dark and bright
(A major) And a (D major) button you (A major) could
turn to make a breeze (D major)
(A major) And a funny (D major) little basin (A major) you're sup
posed (D major) to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window
should you sneeze
Then the guard (G major) looked in politely (C major) (C minor) and
would (D major) ask you very brightly
Do you (G major) like your morning
(D major) tea weak or strong
But (G major) I was just be (D major) hind him and
was (E minor) ready to remind (D major) him
For (G major) Skimble won't let any (D major)
thing go (E minor) wrong (A major)
When the (D major) crept in (A major) to their (B minor) cozy (A major) berth
(D major) and (G major) pulled the counterpane (D major)
They (A major) all could reflect that it was very (D major) nice
(A major) To know that they wouldn't
be bothered by mice
They can leave all that to the railway cat (D major)
(A major) The (F sharp minor) cat of the (G major) railway train (D major)
(E flat major) Skimbleshank
Verse 4
(E flatsus4) s the (E flat major) (E flatsus4) (E flat major) railway cat,
(E flatsus4) the (E flat major) cat of the railway train
(A flat major) In the watches (E flat major) of the night (B flat major) I was
(C minor) always fresh and bright
(E flat major) Every (A flat major) now and then I'd have a cup of tea (E flat major)
With perhaps a drop (E flatsus4) of scotch (E flat major) while
I was keeping up the watch
Only stop (G minor) ping here and
(A flat major) there to catch a flea (E flat major)
They were fast asleep at Crew (B flat major)
and so (C minor) they never knew
That (E flat major) I was walking (A flat major) up
and down the sta (E flat major) tion
They were sleeping all the while
I was busy at Carlisle
Where I met the sta (G minor) tionmas
(A flat major) ter with ela (E flat major) tion
Verse 5
They might (E flat major) see me at Dumfries
if I summoned the police
If (E flatsus4) there was (E flat major) anything they ought
to know about (A flat major) (E flatsus4) (E flat major)
When they (A flat major) got to (E flat major) Gallowgat there
they (F minor) did not have to (E flat major) wait
For (A flat major) Skimbleshanks will (E flat major) help
them to get (F minor) (B flat major) (B flat major)
out
And he gives (E flat major) you a wave (B flat major) of
his (C minor) long brown tail
(E flat major) Which says (A flat major) "I'll see you again" (E flat major)
You'll (A flat major) meet without fail
(E flat major) on the Midnight Mail
The (G minor) cat of the (A flat major) railway train (E flat major)
(B flat major) (C minor) (E flat major) (A flat major)
Verse 6
(A flat major) (E flat major)
You'll (A flat major) meet (E flat major) with outfail on
the Midnight Mail
The (G minor) cat of the (A flat major) railway (E flat major) trail
Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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