Chords for New Christy Minstrels - The Cat Came Back!
Tempo:
141.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] Meow, meow, [B]
[E] meow
Now just like everybody [B] you've got troubles [E] of your own
But let me [C#m] tell you, mister [G#m] of the sorrow I [E] have known
I had an old grey cat that I couldn't bear [C#m] to keep
He spent the nights a-howlin' at [B] me, let [E] me sleep
So I put him in a box and [F#] I [E] tied it up quite well
I had some [C#m] fellas help me and [B] I paid them not [E] to tell
[A] They put it in a boxcar [E] on the westbound [C#m] 710
The train pulled away and [B] was never [E] seen again
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
We took him to the harbor [B] and we put him [E] on a ship
We bid him [C#m] bon voyage for that [E] oceanic trip
The captain was obligin' and glad to [C#m] help us out
[E] They tied him to the anchor so that there'd be no doubt
Well, we heard the sad report [F#] of that mighty [E] storm at sea
And though it may [C#m] sound heartless, I was happy as [E] could be
The paper said the ship went down beneath [C#m] a heavy gale
[E] And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon
The cat was used for [B] ballast in an outer [E] space balloon
[A] I guess you know what happened, [E] that balloon is [C#m] up there still
And early that next morning, [F#] guess what came [C#m] across the hill?
Meow!
That's right
[E] Now everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight
With that [C#m] crazy cat around, you [E] couldn't sleep at night
We even formed a posse just to hunt [C#m] that platter down
You could hear the guns a-blazin' like we [E] ran him out of town
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back and [E] he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Here's the moral to our [B] story when looking [E] for a friend
If you [C#m] get an old grey cat, [E] he's yours until the end
You'll never drive him off no matter [C#m] what you [E] do
Bear in [C#m] mind this dreadful tale that we [E] have told you
Yes, the cat came back [B] the very next day
The cat came [E] back and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back
[Em]
Meow!
[E]
[E] meow
Now just like everybody [B] you've got troubles [E] of your own
But let me [C#m] tell you, mister [G#m] of the sorrow I [E] have known
I had an old grey cat that I couldn't bear [C#m] to keep
He spent the nights a-howlin' at [B] me, let [E] me sleep
So I put him in a box and [F#] I [E] tied it up quite well
I had some [C#m] fellas help me and [B] I paid them not [E] to tell
[A] They put it in a boxcar [E] on the westbound [C#m] 710
The train pulled away and [B] was never [E] seen again
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
We took him to the harbor [B] and we put him [E] on a ship
We bid him [C#m] bon voyage for that [E] oceanic trip
The captain was obligin' and glad to [C#m] help us out
[E] They tied him to the anchor so that there'd be no doubt
Well, we heard the sad report [F#] of that mighty [E] storm at sea
And though it may [C#m] sound heartless, I was happy as [E] could be
The paper said the ship went down beneath [C#m] a heavy gale
[E] And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon
The cat was used for [B] ballast in an outer [E] space balloon
[A] I guess you know what happened, [E] that balloon is [C#m] up there still
And early that next morning, [F#] guess what came [C#m] across the hill?
Meow!
That's right
[E] Now everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight
With that [C#m] crazy cat around, you [E] couldn't sleep at night
We even formed a posse just to hunt [C#m] that platter down
You could hear the guns a-blazin' like we [E] ran him out of town
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back and [E] he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Here's the moral to our [B] story when looking [E] for a friend
If you [C#m] get an old grey cat, [E] he's yours until the end
You'll never drive him off no matter [C#m] what you [E] do
Bear in [C#m] mind this dreadful tale that we [E] have told you
Yes, the cat came back [B] the very next day
The cat came [E] back and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back
[Em]
Meow!
[E]
Key:
E
B
C#m
A
F#
E
B
C#m
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Meow, meow, _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] meow
Now just like everybody [B] you've got troubles [E] of your own
But let me [C#m] tell you, mister [G#m] of the sorrow I [E] have known
I had an old grey cat that I couldn't bear [C#m] to keep
He spent the nights a-howlin' at [B] me, let [E] me sleep
So I put him in a box and [F#] I [E] tied it up quite well
I had some [C#m] fellas help me and [B] I paid them not [E] to tell
[A] They put it in a boxcar [E] on the westbound [C#m] 710
The train pulled away and [B] was never [E] seen again
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
We took him to the harbor [B] and we put him [E] on a ship
We bid him [C#m] bon voyage for that [E] oceanic trip
The captain was obligin' and glad to [C#m] help us out
[E] They tied him to the anchor so that there'd be no doubt
Well, we heard the sad report [F#] of that mighty [E] storm at sea
And though it may [C#m] sound heartless, I was happy as [E] could be
The paper said the ship went down beneath [C#m] a heavy gale
[E] And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
_ Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon
The cat was used for [B] ballast in an outer [E] space balloon
[A] I guess you know what happened, [E] that balloon is [C#m] up there still
And early that next morning, [F#] guess what came [C#m] across the hill?
Meow!
That's right _
[E] Now everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight
With that [C#m] crazy cat around, you [E] couldn't sleep at night
We even formed a posse just to hunt [C#m] that platter down
You could hear the guns a-blazin' like we [E] ran him out of town
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back and [E] he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Here's the moral to our [B] story when looking [E] for a friend
If you [C#m] get an old grey cat, [E] he's yours until the end
You'll never drive him off no matter [C#m] what you [E] do
Bear in [C#m] mind this dreadful tale that we [E] have told you
Yes, the cat came back [B] the very next day
The cat came [E] back and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back
_ [Em] _ _ _
Meow!
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[E] meow
Now just like everybody [B] you've got troubles [E] of your own
But let me [C#m] tell you, mister [G#m] of the sorrow I [E] have known
I had an old grey cat that I couldn't bear [C#m] to keep
He spent the nights a-howlin' at [B] me, let [E] me sleep
So I put him in a box and [F#] I [E] tied it up quite well
I had some [C#m] fellas help me and [B] I paid them not [E] to tell
[A] They put it in a boxcar [E] on the westbound [C#m] 710
The train pulled away and [B] was never [E] seen again
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
We took him to the harbor [B] and we put him [E] on a ship
We bid him [C#m] bon voyage for that [E] oceanic trip
The captain was obligin' and glad to [C#m] help us out
[E] They tied him to the anchor so that there'd be no doubt
Well, we heard the sad report [F#] of that mighty [E] storm at sea
And though it may [C#m] sound heartless, I was happy as [E] could be
The paper said the ship went down beneath [C#m] a heavy gale
[E] And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back [E] and he wouldn't stay away
_ Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon
The cat was used for [B] ballast in an outer [E] space balloon
[A] I guess you know what happened, [E] that balloon is [C#m] up there still
And early that next morning, [F#] guess what came [C#m] across the hill?
Meow!
That's right _
[E] Now everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight
With that [C#m] crazy cat around, you [E] couldn't sleep at night
We even formed a posse just to hunt [C#m] that platter down
You could hear the guns a-blazin' like we [E] ran him out of town
But the cat came back [B] the very next day, yes
The cat came back and [E] he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so [B] pretty
Meow, such a pity, but the cat [E] came back
Here's the moral to our [B] story when looking [E] for a friend
If you [C#m] get an old grey cat, [E] he's yours until the end
You'll never drive him off no matter [C#m] what you [E] do
Bear in [C#m] mind this dreadful tale that we [E] have told you
Yes, the cat came back [B] the very next day
The cat came [E] back and he wouldn't stay away
Meow, kitty, [A] meow so pretty
[B] Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back
_ [Em] _ _ _
Meow!
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _