Chords for Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat - part one
Tempo:
150.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[C#] [E]
Skimble [B] shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat
[B]
[E] is a loose hook [B] down the line [C#m] at 11 [E]
.39 [A] when the nightmare's ready [E] to depart.
[A] Say Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] Has he gone from out the thimble?
[G#m] We must find [A] him or the train [E] can't start.
All the guards [B] and all the [C#m] porters and the [E] stationmasters, doctors [A] will be searching high and [E] low.
[F#m] Saying Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] For unless he's very nimble [G#m] then the [A] nightmare just [E] can't go.
At 11.42 with the signal overshoot and the passengers [Em] all frantic [E] to a man.
[A] That's when I [E] would appear [F#m] and I'd saunter [E] to the rear.
[A] I'd be busy [E] in the [F#] luggage [F#m]
van.
[B] [E] When he [G#m] gave one flash [C#m] of his glass [E] green [A] eyes and the signal went all [E] clear.
[A] They'd be [B] off at last for the [E] northern [G#m] part of the [A] northern [E] head.
Skimble shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat of the railway train.
You could say [B] that by and large [C#m] it was me [E] who was in [A] charge of the sleeping car [E] express.
[A] From the driver [B] and the guards [E] to the bag man playing [G#m] cards, I'd [A] supervise them [E] all.
More or less.
Down the corridor [B] he faces [C#m] and examines [E] all the faces [A] of the chargers in the first [E] and the third.
[F#m] He [B] establishes patrol by a [E] regular patrol [G#m] and he'd know at [A] once if anything [E]
occurred.
He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking and it's certain that he didn't approve.
[A] Of hilarity [E] and riots, [F#m] all the folks were [E] very quite [A] when Skimble [E] was about and [F#m] on the move.
[B] You [E] could play [B] the prank [C#m] with [E] Skimble shanks.
[A] He's a cat that cannot be [E] ignored.
[A] So nothing [B] went wrong on the [E] northern [G#m] railways Skimble [E] shanks.
Ho ho!
It was very pleasant when they found their little den with the name written up on the [D] door.
[C#m] And the bed was [Bm] bent [C#m] with a newly [Bm] folded sheet [E] and [D] not a speck of dust [E] on the floor.
[Bm] There [E] was every sort of light.
You could make it dark or bright and a button you [D#] could turn to make [Bm] a breeze.
[C#m] And a funny [D] little face [C#m] and you're supposed to wash your [E] face and [C#] a crank to shut the [G#m] window [B] should you sneeze.
Then the [D] guard would tend politely and would ask you very [A] brightly,
Do you like your morning tea?
We go strong!
But I [E] was just behind [F#] him and was ready [E] to remind [A] him for [E] Skimble won't let [F#m] anything go wrong.
[B] [E] And they crept [C#m] into their cozy [Bm] beds [A] and pulled on their cramps [E] of hay.
[B] They all who reflected [E] were very nice [B] to know that they couldn't [E] be bothered by mice.
They could be [B] all that to [E] the railway [G#m] cat.
The cat [A] on the railway [E] train.
[F]
[C] Skimble shanks [F] are [C]
[F] the cat.
[Gm] [C] [F]
[C] Skimble shanks are the cat.
[C] [F] [C]
[C#] [E]
Skimble [B] shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat
[B]
[E] is a loose hook [B] down the line [C#m] at 11 [E]
.39 [A] when the nightmare's ready [E] to depart.
[A] Say Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] Has he gone from out the thimble?
[G#m] We must find [A] him or the train [E] can't start.
All the guards [B] and all the [C#m] porters and the [E] stationmasters, doctors [A] will be searching high and [E] low.
[F#m] Saying Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] For unless he's very nimble [G#m] then the [A] nightmare just [E] can't go.
At 11.42 with the signal overshoot and the passengers [Em] all frantic [E] to a man.
[A] That's when I [E] would appear [F#m] and I'd saunter [E] to the rear.
[A] I'd be busy [E] in the [F#] luggage [F#m]
van.
[B] [E] When he [G#m] gave one flash [C#m] of his glass [E] green [A] eyes and the signal went all [E] clear.
[A] They'd be [B] off at last for the [E] northern [G#m] part of the [A] northern [E] head.
Skimble shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat of the railway train.
You could say [B] that by and large [C#m] it was me [E] who was in [A] charge of the sleeping car [E] express.
[A] From the driver [B] and the guards [E] to the bag man playing [G#m] cards, I'd [A] supervise them [E] all.
More or less.
Down the corridor [B] he faces [C#m] and examines [E] all the faces [A] of the chargers in the first [E] and the third.
[F#m] He [B] establishes patrol by a [E] regular patrol [G#m] and he'd know at [A] once if anything [E]
occurred.
He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking and it's certain that he didn't approve.
[A] Of hilarity [E] and riots, [F#m] all the folks were [E] very quite [A] when Skimble [E] was about and [F#m] on the move.
[B] You [E] could play [B] the prank [C#m] with [E] Skimble shanks.
[A] He's a cat that cannot be [E] ignored.
[A] So nothing [B] went wrong on the [E] northern [G#m] railways Skimble [E] shanks.
Ho ho!
It was very pleasant when they found their little den with the name written up on the [D] door.
[C#m] And the bed was [Bm] bent [C#m] with a newly [Bm] folded sheet [E] and [D] not a speck of dust [E] on the floor.
[Bm] There [E] was every sort of light.
You could make it dark or bright and a button you [D#] could turn to make [Bm] a breeze.
[C#m] And a funny [D] little face [C#m] and you're supposed to wash your [E] face and [C#] a crank to shut the [G#m] window [B] should you sneeze.
Then the [D] guard would tend politely and would ask you very [A] brightly,
Do you like your morning tea?
We go strong!
But I [E] was just behind [F#] him and was ready [E] to remind [A] him for [E] Skimble won't let [F#m] anything go wrong.
[B] [E] And they crept [C#m] into their cozy [Bm] beds [A] and pulled on their cramps [E] of hay.
[B] They all who reflected [E] were very nice [B] to know that they couldn't [E] be bothered by mice.
They could be [B] all that to [E] the railway [G#m] cat.
The cat [A] on the railway [E] train.
[F]
[C] Skimble shanks [F] are [C]
[F] the cat.
[Gm] [C] [F]
[C] Skimble shanks are the cat.
[C] [F] [C]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
G#m
E
A
B
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Skimble [B] shanks the _ railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] is a loose hook [B] down the line [C#m] at 11 [E]
.39 [A] when the nightmare's ready [E] to depart.
[A] Say Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] Has he gone from out the thimble?
[G#m] We must find [A] him or the train [E] can't _ start.
All the guards [B] and all the [C#m] porters and the [E] stationmasters, doctors [A] will be searching high and [E] low.
[F#m] Saying Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] For unless he's very nimble [G#m] then the [A] nightmare just [E] can't go.
At 11.42 with the signal overshoot and the passengers [Em] all frantic [E] to a man.
[A] That's when I [E] would appear [F#m] and I'd saunter [E] to the rear.
[A] I'd be busy [E] in the [F#] luggage _ [F#m]
van.
[B] _ _ _ [E] When he [G#m] gave one flash [C#m] of his glass [E] green [A] eyes and the signal went all [E] _ clear.
[A] They'd be [B] off at last for the [E] northern [G#m] part of the [A] northern [E] head.
_ Skimble shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat of the railway _ train. _
_ You could say [B] that by and large [C#m] it was me [E] who was in [A] charge of the sleeping car [E] express.
_ [A] From the driver [B] and the guards [E] to the bag man playing [G#m] cards, I'd [A] supervise them [E] all.
More or less.
Down the corridor [B] he faces [C#m] and examines [E] all the faces [A] of the chargers in the first [E] and the third.
[F#m] He [B] establishes patrol by a [E] regular patrol [G#m] and he'd know at [A] once if anything [E]
occurred.
_ He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking and it's certain that he didn't approve.
_ [A] Of hilarity [E] and riots, [F#m] all the folks were [E] very quite [A] when Skimble [E] was about and [F#m] on the move.
_ [B] _ _ You [E] could play [B] the prank [C#m] with [E] Skimble shanks.
[A] He's a cat that cannot be [E] _ ignored.
[A] So nothing [B] went wrong on the [E] northern [G#m] railways Skimble [E] shanks.
Ho ho! _ _ _
_ _ _ It was very pleasant when they found their little den with the name written up on the [D] door.
[C#m] And the bed was [Bm] bent [C#m] with a newly [Bm] folded sheet [E] and [D] not a speck of dust [E] on the floor.
[Bm] There [E] was every sort of light.
You could make it dark or bright and a button you [D#] could turn to make [Bm] a breeze.
[C#m] And a funny [D] little face [C#m] and you're supposed to wash your [E] face and [C#] a crank to shut the [G#m] window [B] should you sneeze.
_ Then the [D] guard would tend politely and would ask you very [A] brightly,
Do you like your morning tea?
We go strong!
But I [E] was just behind [F#] him and was ready [E] to remind [A] him for [E] Skimble won't let [F#m] anything go wrong.
_ [B] _ _ [E] And they crept [C#m] into their cozy [Bm] beds [A] and pulled on their cramps [E] of hay.
[B] They all who reflected [E] were very nice [B] to know that they couldn't [E] be bothered by mice.
They could be [B] all that to [E] the railway [G#m] cat.
The cat [A] on the railway [E] train.
[F] _ _
[C] Skimble shanks [F] are _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] the cat. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] Skimble shanks are the cat. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Skimble [B] shanks the _ railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] is a loose hook [B] down the line [C#m] at 11 [E]
.39 [A] when the nightmare's ready [E] to depart.
[A] Say Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] Has he gone from out the thimble?
[G#m] We must find [A] him or the train [E] can't _ start.
All the guards [B] and all the [C#m] porters and the [E] stationmasters, doctors [A] will be searching high and [E] low.
[F#m] Saying Skimble, [B] where is Skimble?
[E] For unless he's very nimble [G#m] then the [A] nightmare just [E] can't go.
At 11.42 with the signal overshoot and the passengers [Em] all frantic [E] to a man.
[A] That's when I [E] would appear [F#m] and I'd saunter [E] to the rear.
[A] I'd be busy [E] in the [F#] luggage _ [F#m]
van.
[B] _ _ _ [E] When he [G#m] gave one flash [C#m] of his glass [E] green [A] eyes and the signal went all [E] _ clear.
[A] They'd be [B] off at last for the [E] northern [G#m] part of the [A] northern [E] head.
_ Skimble shanks the railway [B] cat.
[E] The cat of the railway _ train. _
_ You could say [B] that by and large [C#m] it was me [E] who was in [A] charge of the sleeping car [E] express.
_ [A] From the driver [B] and the guards [E] to the bag man playing [G#m] cards, I'd [A] supervise them [E] all.
More or less.
Down the corridor [B] he faces [C#m] and examines [E] all the faces [A] of the chargers in the first [E] and the third.
[F#m] He [B] establishes patrol by a [E] regular patrol [G#m] and he'd know at [A] once if anything [E]
occurred.
_ He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking and it's certain that he didn't approve.
_ [A] Of hilarity [E] and riots, [F#m] all the folks were [E] very quite [A] when Skimble [E] was about and [F#m] on the move.
_ [B] _ _ You [E] could play [B] the prank [C#m] with [E] Skimble shanks.
[A] He's a cat that cannot be [E] _ ignored.
[A] So nothing [B] went wrong on the [E] northern [G#m] railways Skimble [E] shanks.
Ho ho! _ _ _
_ _ _ It was very pleasant when they found their little den with the name written up on the [D] door.
[C#m] And the bed was [Bm] bent [C#m] with a newly [Bm] folded sheet [E] and [D] not a speck of dust [E] on the floor.
[Bm] There [E] was every sort of light.
You could make it dark or bright and a button you [D#] could turn to make [Bm] a breeze.
[C#m] And a funny [D] little face [C#m] and you're supposed to wash your [E] face and [C#] a crank to shut the [G#m] window [B] should you sneeze.
_ Then the [D] guard would tend politely and would ask you very [A] brightly,
Do you like your morning tea?
We go strong!
But I [E] was just behind [F#] him and was ready [E] to remind [A] him for [E] Skimble won't let [F#m] anything go wrong.
_ [B] _ _ [E] And they crept [C#m] into their cozy [Bm] beds [A] and pulled on their cramps [E] of hay.
[B] They all who reflected [E] were very nice [B] to know that they couldn't [E] be bothered by mice.
They could be [B] all that to [E] the railway [G#m] cat.
The cat [A] on the railway [E] train.
[F] _ _
[C] Skimble shanks [F] are _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] the cat. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] Skimble shanks are the cat. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _