Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
D
C
B
Em
D
C
B
Verse 1
D
C
B
Johnson had troubles of his own
Em
D
He had a yellow cat who
C
B
wouldn't leave its home
Em
D
C
Baug
He tried and he tried to give the cat away
B
Em
D
C
He gave it to a man goin' far,
B
C#
B
far away(meow)
Verse 2
D
C
B
back the very next day
Em
D
The cat came back,
C
B
they thought he was a goner
Em
D
C
But the cat came back; he just
B
Em
couldn't stay away
D
C
Verse 3
B
Em
D
Now the man around the corner
C
Cm
B
swore he'd kill the cat on sight
Em
D
He loaded up his shotgun
C
B
with nails and dynamite
Em
D
He waited and he waited for the
C
B
Em
cat to come around
D
C
97 pieces of the man is all they
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C#
B
found (meow)
Verse 4
D
C
B
back the very next day
Em
D
The cat came back,
C
B
they thought he was a goner
Em
D
C
But the cat came back; he just
B
Em
couldn't stay away
D
C
Verse 5
B
Em
D
C
B
He gave it to a man going up in a balloon
Em
D
He told him to take it to
C
B
the man in the Moon
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D
The balloon came down
C
B
about 90 miles away
Em
D
Where the man is now,
C
B
C#
B
well I dare not say(meow)
Verse 6
D
C
B
back the very next day
Em
D
The cat came back,
C
B
they thought he was a goner
Em
D
C
But the cat came back; he just
B
Em
couldn't stay away
D
C
Verse 7
B
Em
D
C
B
He gave it to a man going way out West
Em
D
He told him to take it to the
C
B
one he loved the best
Em
D
First the train hit the track,
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B
then it jumped a rail
Em
D
C
Not a soul was left behind to tell the
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C#
B
gruesome tale(meow)
Verse 8
D
C
B
back the very next day
Em
D
The cat came back,
C
B
they thought he was a goner
Em
D
C
B
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay
Em
away
Interlude 1
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C
B
Em
D
C
B
F#m
E
D
C#
Verse 9
E
father
D
C#
of a family of his own
F#m
E
With seven little kittens,
D
C#
then came a cyclone
F#m
E
It tore the houses all apart and
D
C#
tossed the cat around
F#m
E
The air was filled with kittens,
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C#
G#
C#
D#
F
not a one was found(meow)
Verse 10
E
D
C#
back, the very next day
F#m
E
The cat came back; they
D
C#
thought he was a goner
F#m
E
But the cat came back,
D
C#
F#m
E
D
C#
he just couldn't stay away(meow)
Verse 11
E
D
C#
back, the very next day
F#m
E
The cat came back; they
D
C#
thought he was a goner
F#m
E
But the cat came back,
D
C#
he just couldn't stay away(meow)
F#m
(Meow)
Outro 1
E
D
C#
F#m
E
D
C#
F#m
E
D
C#
F#m
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