Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat

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

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  • Verse 1
    Skimbleshanks 
    the Railway 
    cat, 

    the 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    railway 
    train 

    There's 
    whisper 
    down 
    the 
    line 

    at 
    el
    even 
    thirty 
    - nine 

    When 
    the night 
    mail's 

    ready 
    to 
    de
    part 

    Saying, 
    "Skimble, where 
    is 
    Skimble has 

    he 
    gone 
    to 
    hunt 
    the thimble 

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

    All 
    the guards 
    and 
    all 
    the porters 
    and 

    the sta
    tionmaster's 
    daughters 

    Would 
    be searching 
    high 
    and 
    low 

    Saying 
    "Skimble where is 
    Skimble for 

    un
    less 
    he's 
    very 
    nimble 

    Then 
    the night 
    mail 
    just 
    can't 
    go." 

    At 
    eleven 
    forty-two 
    with 

    with 
    the signal 
    overdue 

    And 
    the passengers 
    all 
    frantic 
    to 
    man 

    That's 
    when 
    would 
    ap
    pear 

    and 
    I'd saunter 
    to 
    the rear 

    I'd 
    been 
    busy 
    in 
    the lug
    gage 
    van! 

    Then 
    he 
    gave 
    one 
    flash 
    of 

    his glass 
    - green 
    eye

    And 
    the signal 
    went 
    "all 
    clear" 

    They'd 
    be 
    off 
    at 
    last 
    to 
    the northern 
    part 
    of 

    the northern 
    hemi
    sphere! 

    Verse 2
    Skimbleshanks the 
    Railway 
    cat, 

    the 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    rail
    way 
    train 

    You 
    might 
    say 
    that 
    by 
    and 
    large 

    it was 
    me 
    who 
    was 
    in 
    charge 

    Of 
    the Sleeping 
    Car 
    Ex
    press 

    From 
    the driver 
    and 
    guards 
    to the 

    bag
    men 
    playing 
    card

    I would 
    super
    vise 
    them 

    all 
    more 
    or less 

    Down 
    the 
    corridor 
    he 
    paces 

    and 
    ex
    amines 
    all 
    the 
    faces 

    Of 
    the trav
    ellers 
    in 
    the 
    first 
    and 
    the third 

    He 
    estab
    lished 
    con
    trol 

    by 
    regular 
    patrol 

    And 
    he'd 
    know 
    at 
    once 

    if 
    anything 
    oc
    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
    arity 
    and 
    riot 
    so 
    that 

    folk 
    were 
    very 
    quiet 

    When 
    Skimble was 
    about 

    and 
    on 
    the 
    move 

    You 
    could 
    play 
    no 
    pranks 
    with 

    Skimbleshanks 

    He's a 
    cat 
    that 
    couldn't 
    be ignored 

    So 
    nothing 
    went 
    wrong 
    on 

    the 
    Northern 
    Mail 

    When 
    Skimbleshanks was 
    aboard 


    Verse 3
    It 
    was 
    very 
    pleasant 
    when 

    they'd found 
    their 
    little 
    den 

    With 
    their name 
    written 
    up 
    on 
    the 
    door 

    And 
    the berth 
    was 
    very 
    neat 

    with 
    a newly 
    folded 
    sheet 

    And 
    not 
    a speck 
    of dust 
    on 
    the floor 

    There 
    was 
    every 
    sort 
    of light, 

    you could 
    make 
    it dark 
    and bright 

    And a 
    but
    ton 
    you 
    could 

    turn 
    to make 
    a breeze 

    And 
    a funny 
    little 
    basin 
    you're sup

    posed 
    to wash 
    your face 
    in 

    And 
    a crank 
    to shut 
    the 
    window 

    should 
    you sneeze 

    Then 
    the guard 
    looked 
    in 
    po
    litely 
    and 

    would 
    ask 
    you 
    very 
    brightly 

    Do you 
    like 
    your 
    morning 

    tea 
    weak 
    or 
    strong 

    But 
    was 
    just 
    be
    hind 
    him 
    and 

    was 
    ready 
    to 
    remind 
    him 

    For 
    Skimble won't 
    let any

    thing 
    go 
    wrong 

    When 
    the 
    crept 
    in
    to 
    their 
    cozy 
    berth 

    and 
    pulled 
    the 
    counter
    pane 

    They 
    all 
    could 
    reflect 
    that it 
    was 
    very 
    nice 

    To 
    know 
    that 
    they 
    wouldn't 

    be 
    bothered 
    by 
    mice 

    They 
    can 
    leave 
    all 
    that 
    to 
    the railway 
    cat 

    The 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    railway 
    train 

    Skimbleshank
    Verse 4
    s the 
    railway 
    cat, 

    the 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    railway 
    train 

    In 
    the watches 
    of 
    the night 
    was 

    always 
    fresh 
    and 
    bright 

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

    With 
    perhaps 
    a drop 
    of scotch 
    while 

    was 
    keeping 
    up 
    the watch 

    Only 
    stop
    ping 
    here 
    and 

    there 
    to catch 
    a flea 

    They 
    were fast 
    asleep 
    at Crew 

    and 
    so 
    they 
    never 
    knew 

    That 
    I was 
    walking 
    up 

    and down 
    the sta
    tion 

    They 
    were 
    sleeping 
    all 
    the 
    while 

    was 
    busy 
    at 
    Carlisle 

    Where 
    I met 
    the 
    sta
    tionmas

    ter 
    with 
    ela
    tion 

    Verse 5
    They 
    might 
    see 
    me 
    at 
    Dumfries 

    if 
    I summoned 
    the 
    police 

    If 
    there 
    was 
    anything 
    they 
    ought 

    to 
    know 
    about 

    When 
    they 
    got 
    to 
    Gallowgat there 

    they 
    did 
    not 
    have 
    to 
    wait 

    For 
    Skimbleshanks will 
    help 

    them 
    to 
    get 

    out 

    And 
    he 
    gives 
    you 
    a wave 
    of 

    his 
    long 
    brown 
    tail 

    Which 
    says 
    "I'll 
    see 
    you 
    again" 

    You'll 
    meet 
    without 
    fail 

    on 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Mail 

    The 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    railway 
    train 


    Verse 6

    You'll 
    meet 
    with 
    outfail on 

    the 
    Midnight 
    Mail 

    The 
    cat 
    of 
    the 
    railway 
    trail 

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