Chords for Mr. Mistoffelees (From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Cats")

_ _ _ _ _ _ Greatest _ magicians have something to learn _ from Mr.
_ Mistoffelees [C] conjuring turn. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ And we all say, _ oh _ well [C] I never was [Gm] there ever. _
[C] A cat so clever, [F] this _ magical _ _ Mr. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ Mistoffelees. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] I'm quiet and [Ab] small, I am black _ from [Bb] my ears to the tip of my tail.
[F] _ I can creep through the tiniest [Ab] crack. _ _
[Bb] I can walk on the narrowest [Ab] rail. _ _
[Bb] I can pick any card [F] from a pack. _
[Db] I am equally cunning with [C] dice. _
[Fm] _ [Bb] I am always deceiving [Fm] you into believing that [Eb] you're only hunting for [Am]
mice.
[C] I can play any trick with [Am] a cork [Eb] _ [C] or a spoon and a bit of fish paste.
_ _ If you look for a knife or a fork _ and you think it is merely misplaced,
_ you have seen it one moment and then it is gone.
But you find it next week lying out on the lawn.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] And we all say, oh well [C] I never was [Gm] there ever.
[C] A cat so clever, [F] this _ magical _ Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ Mistoffelees. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] My manner is [Ab] fake and aloof.
_ [Bb] You would think there was nobody shyer.
_ [Fm] _
But my voice has been heard on the roof _ when [Bb] I was curled up by the [Ab] fire. _ _
[Bb] And I've sometimes been heard [Ab] by the fire _ [Db] when I was about [F] on the roof.
[Fm] _
[Bb] At least they all heard [F] that somebody purred, [Eb] which is _ _ [C] incontestable proof. _
Of my singular [Am] magical powers. _
[C] And I've known the family to call _
me in from the garden for hours _ [Eb]
when [C] I was asleep in the hall. _ _
And not long ago this phenomenal cat would shoo seven kittens right out of a hat. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ And they all say, oh well [C] I never [Gm] was there ever.
[C] A cat so clever, [F] this magical _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mistoffelees.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ And we [F] all say, _ _ _ [C] _ _ oh well I never was [Gm] there ever.
[C] A cat so clever, [F] this magical _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Mistoffelees.
Oh [C] well, _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] a cat so clever, [F] this _ magical _ Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Mistoffelees. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Oh _ _ _ well, [Eb] I _ _ _ _ never was [Bbm] there _ _ ever.
_ [Eb] A cat so clever, _ _ _ _ [Ab] this _ magical _ _ Mr.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
Mistoffelees.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ And we all say, [Ab] _ oh [Eb] well I never was [Bbm] there _ ever.
[Eb] A cat so clever, [Ab] this magical _ _ Mr.
[Db] _ _ _ Mistoffelees.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Oh [Eb] well, I never was [Bbm] there ever.
[Eb] A cat so clever, [Ab] this _ magical _ Mr.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _
Mistoffelees.
_ _ [Ab] _ Oh, [Eb] well, I never was [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] there as a [Ab] _ cat, so bold [Db] as_
..
.as you.
_ As [Ab] me!
Oh, [Eb] well, _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
a cat so [Ab] clever and magical _ is [Fm] the _ _ _ _ Mistoffelee.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen, I give you [F] the marvellous, _ magical, _ Mr _ Mistoffelee! _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _