Harry S. Miller - The Cat Came Back Chords

_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ [Em] Now old [D] Mr.
Johnson [C] had troubles [B] of his own.
He had [D] a yellow cat [C] who wouldn't leave [B] his home.
[E] He tried [D] and he tried [C] to give the [B] cat away.
He gave it [D] to a man [C] going [B] far, far away. _ _ _
[E] But the cat [D] came back [C] the [B] very next day.
The [D] cat came back.
[C] They thought he [B] was a gunner.
But [E] the cat [D] came back.
[C] He just [E] couldn't stay _ [D] away.
_ [Cm] _
[B] Give me a meow.
[E] Go.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ Now the man [D] around the corner [C] swore he'd kill [B] the cat on [E] sight.
So he loaded [D] up his [C] shotgun with nails [B] and dynamite.
[E] He waited [D] and he waited [C] for the cat to [B] come around. _ _
[Em] Ninety-seven [D] pieces of the man [C] is all [B] that they found. _
_ _ _ _ But you know, [E]
the cat [D] came back [C] the very [B] next day.
[E] The [D] cat came back.
[C] They thought he [B] was a gunner.
[Em] But the cat [D] came back.
[C] He just [B] couldn't [E] stay away.
[D] _ _ [C] _ [B] Give me a [E] meow.
Go.
[Dm] So [C] _ _ [B] _
[E] he gave it [D] to a man [Em] going up in [B] a balloon.
[E] He told him [D] for to take it [C] to the man in [B] the moon.
The balloon [Dm] came down [C] about ninety [B] miles away.
[E] Where the [D] man is now, [C] well I dare [F#m] not _ say.
_ But you know, [E] the cat [D] came back [C] the very [B] next [E] day.
The cat [D] came back.
[C] They thought [B] he was a [E] gunner.
The [D] cat came back.
[C] He [B] just couldn't stay [D] away.
_ [C] _ [B] Give me a [E] meow.
Go.
[D] So [C] _ _ [B] _ [E] he gave it [D] to a man [C] going way [B] out [E] west.
He told him [D] for to take it [C] to the one he [B] loved the best.
[Em] First the [D] train hit the [C] track.
Then it jumped [B] a rail.
[Em] Not a [D] soul was left behind [C] to tell the gruesome [B] _ _ tale. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] The cat [D] came back [C] the very [B] next [E] day.
The cat [D] came back.
[C] They thought [B] he was a [E] gunner.
But the cat [D] came back.
[Am] He [B] just couldn't [E] stay [D] away.
_ [C] _
[B] Give me a [E] meow.
Go.
_ [D] _ [C] _ _
[B] _ [E] Now the cat [D] was the [C] possessor of a family [B] of his own.
[E] With seven [D] little kittens, [C] till there came a [B] cyclone.
[E] It tore [D] the houses all [C] apart and tossed the [B] cat around.
[Em] The air was filled [D] with kittens.
But not [C] one was [B] ever found. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ The [D] cat came back [C] the very [E] next day.
The cat [D] came back.
[C] They thought he [B] was a gunner.
[E] But the cat [D] came back.
[C] He just [E] couldn't stay away.
[D] _ _
[C] _ [B] Give me a [E] meow.
Go. _ _
[C] Sing it all [B] again [E] now.
The [D] cat came [C] back the very [B] next [E] day.
The [D] cat came back.
[C] They thought [B] he was a [E] gunner.
But the [D] cat came back.
[C]
He [B] just couldn't [E] stay away.
[D] _ _ [C] _
[B] Give me a [E] meow.
Go.
_ [D] _ _ [C]
Louder [B] [E] meow.
_ [D] A [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] little [B] quieter.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] [B] Quieter meow.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] Quieter [B] meow.
[E] _ _ [D] Quieter meow.
_ [Cm] _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _ _