Key: E minor
Verse 1
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Old
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Johnson had trouble of his own.
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He had a yellow cat
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that wouldn't leave his home.
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He tried and he tried
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to give the cat away.
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He gave it to a man going far, far away.
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But the cat came back, the very next day
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The cat came back,
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they thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back,
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he just couldn't stay away
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Give me a meow, meow
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He gave it to a man going up in a balloon
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to take him to the man on the
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Well, the balloon went down
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about 90 miles away
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And where they are now, I dare not say
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But the cat came back
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the very next day
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The cat came back,
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they thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back,
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he just couldn't stay away
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Gimme a meow
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He gave it to a man going way out west
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girl that you love best
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The train went off the track
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and then it hit the rail
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And no one was around
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The cat came back, the very next day
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The cat came back,
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they thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back,
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he just couldn't stay away
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Give me a meow, meow
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He gave it to a pirate with a treasure map
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He said, now make this kitty take a long,
long nap
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The ship went out to the X mark spot
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But they only came back
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with an empty pot
But you know what?
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The cat came back the very next day
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The cat came back,
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they thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back,
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he just couldn't stay away
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Gimme a meow!
Now once a crazy scientist
took the yellow cat.
He put him in a time machine
with one small rat.
He took them back a million years
to the dinosaur and the ape.
We're here for good,
the old rat said.
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The cat came back
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the very next day.
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The cat came back.
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They thought he was a goner,
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but the cat came back.
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He just couldn't stay away
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Give me a meow
Get rid of this kitty
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And don't you come back
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It's a road cat, and don't you come back no more,
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no more, no more, no more.
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It's a road cat,
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and don't you come back no more.
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Give me a meow.
Meow.
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Meow.
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A little quieter meow.
Meow.
A little quieter meow.
Meow, meow,
the quietest meow of all.
Meow.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsFm Eb Db C Caug
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