Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
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He had a yellow cat that would
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n't leave its home;
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He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
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He gave it to a man goin' far, far away.
Verse 2
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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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But the cat came back; it just
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couldn't stay away.
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Away, away, yea, yea,
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yea
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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gave it to a wo man
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He told him for to take it to
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the man in the moon;
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The balloon came down about
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ninety miles away,
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Where the balloon is, where i can't say
Verse 4
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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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But the cat came back; it just
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couldn't stay away.
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Away, away, yea, yea,
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yea
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Verse 5
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So he gave it to a man
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Told him for to take it to the
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one he loved the best;
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First the train hit the curve,
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then it jumped the rail,
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Not a soul was left behind to
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tell the gruesome tale.
Verse 6
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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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we thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back; it just
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couldn't stay away.
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Away, away,
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yea, yea,
Outro 1
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