Some Cats Know Chords by Peggy Lee

Tempo:
79.55 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Bb

Ab

Gb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Peggy Lee - Some Cats Know chords
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[C] The old prospector's nose for gold
Sailor who can read the sky
[E] the gambler's sense [D] of when to fold
[E] the [D] trick [Gm] to making [A] [Em] Apple pie [F] [D] These mysteries One cannot
This [Dm] old black heart
so queer and quaint
[Bb] Like [Gm] making [Ab] love or [Gm] making rain
[Fm]
[Ab] Either [Gm] you got it
[B] or
[Gm] you
[Db] [Bbm] ain't
[A] [Eb] Some cats know
You [Db] [G] can tell by [Bbm] the touching
[G]
They [Dbm] [G] [Db] don't come [G] on
Huffing [Bb] and a puffing [G] and a grabbing [Gb] and a clutching
[G]
Some [Ab] cats know [Gb] [Ab]
[Ebm] how to [Ab] take it [Bb] nice and [E] slow
[Gb] But [E] [Bb] [F] [Cm] if a cat [F] don't know
[Eb] A [F] cat [Bb] don't know
[Gm] [Bb]
[A] [Eb] Some [Bbm] cats know
[Eb]
[Db] how [G] to stir [Db] up the feeling
[Eb]
They [Bbm] [Eb] [Bbm] keep fooling around
Till you're halfway
[Cm] to [Db] the [Gbm] ceiling
[Eb]
Some [Ab] cats know
[Gb] [Ab]
[Gb] [Db] how to make [Bb] the honey flow
[B] [Gb]
But [F] [Eb] if a cat [F] don't know
A [Cm] cat [Bb] don't know
[Gm]
[Bb] [Ab] Some [Gb] cats know just [Ab] where [Gb] it's [Ab] at
[Gb] [E] They're not like [Gb] some [B] others
[Dbm] [F] I [Eb] would [F] rather one [Cm] like that
[Bb] If I [Gm] had my [Bb] druthers
[Eb] Some [Bbm] cats know [Eb]
how [Bbm] to play nice and [Eb] pretty
[Bbm] Nice and soft and soon you're
[Eb] To good [Db] time city
[Eb]
Some [A] [Ab] cats know
How to take [Gb] it nice and [E] slow
[Gb]
But [F] if [Eb] a cat don't [F] know
[Cm] A cat [F] don't [Gm] know
[Fm] He
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb] just [Eb] don't know
[Bbm]
[Eb]
You
[Bb] [Eb] [Bm] [Bbm] [Dbm] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
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Eb
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Bb
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Ab
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Gb
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F
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Eb
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Bb
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Ab
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To learn Peggy Lee - Some Cats Know chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Bbm, Eb, F, Cm, F, Eb and Bbm. For best results, commence at 39 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 80. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Bb Major.

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[C] The old prospector's nose for gold _
Sailor who can read the sky
[E] the gambler's sense [D] of when to fold
[E] the [D] trick [Gm] to making [A] [Em] Apple pie [F] [D] These mysteries One cannot
This _ _ [Dm] old black heart
so queer and quaint
[Bb] Like [Gm] making [Ab] love or [Gm] making rain
_ [Fm]
[Ab] Either [Gm] you got it
[B] or
_ [Gm] _ you
_ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] ain't _
[A] _ _ [Eb] Some cats know
You [Db] _ _ [G] can tell by [Bbm] the touching
[G]
They [Dbm] _ _ [G] _ [Db] don't come [G] on
Huffing [Bb] and a puffing [G] and a grabbing [Gb] and a clutching
[G] _
Some [Ab] cats know _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Ebm] how to [Ab] take it [Bb] nice and [E] slow
[Gb] But _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Cm] if a cat [F] don't know
[Eb] A [F] cat [Bb] don't know
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ [Eb] Some [Bbm] cats know
[Eb] _
_ [Db] how [G] to stir [Db] up the feeling
[Eb]
They [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] keep fooling around
Till you're halfway
[Cm] to [Db] the [Gbm] ceiling
[Eb] _
_ Some [Ab] cats know
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gb] [Db] how to make [Bb] the honey flow
[B] _ [Gb] _
But _ [F] _ [Eb] if a cat [F] don't know
A [Cm] cat [Bb] don't know
[Gm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] Some [Gb] cats know just [Ab] where [Gb] it's [Ab] at
[Gb] _ [E] They're not like [Gb] some [B] others
[Dbm] _ [F] _ I [Eb] would [F] rather one [Cm] like that
[Bb] _ If I [Gm] had my [Bb] _ druthers
[Eb] Some [Bbm] cats know [Eb]
how [Bbm] _ to play nice and [Eb] pretty
_ [Bbm] Nice _ and soft and soon you're
[Eb] To good [Db] time city
[Eb] _
Some [A] [Ab] cats know
How _ _ to take [Gb] it nice and [E] slow
_ [Gb]
But _ _ [F] _ if [Eb] a cat don't [F] know
[Cm] A cat [F] don't [Gm] know
[Fm] He _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] just [Eb] don't know _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You
_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber.

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