The Cat Came Back Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][C][B][Em][D][C]
[B]
Now [Em]old mister

[Verse 1]
[D]
Johnson had [C]troubles of his [B]own
He [Em]had a yellow [D]cat who
[C]wouldn't leave its [B]home
He [Em]tried and he [D]tried to [C]give the cat [Baug]away
[B]He gav[Em]e it to a man[D] goin' far[C],
[B]far [C#]away[B](meow)
But the [Em]cat came

[Verse 2]
[D]back the [C]very next [B]day
The [Em]cat came b[D]ack,
they [C]thought he was a [B]goner
But the [Em]cat [D]came back; he [C]just
couldn't [B]stay [Em]away
[D][C]

[Verse 3]
[B]
Now [Em]the man around the [D]corner
swore [C]he'd kill the [Cm]cat on s[B]ight
He [Em]loaded up his [D]shotgun
with [C]nails and dynam[B]ite
He [Em]waited and he [D]waited for the
[C]cat to come [B]around[Em]
[D]97 pieces of the [C]man is all they
[B]found [C#](meo[B]w)
But the [Em]cat came

[Verse 4]
[D]back the [C]very next [B]day
The [Em]cat came b[D]ack,
they [C]thought he was a [B]goner
But the [Em]cat [D]came back; he [C]just
couldn't [B]stay [Em]away
[D][C]

[Verse 5]
[B]
[Em]He gave it to a [D]man going [C]up in a bal[B]loon
He [Em]told him to [D]take it to
the [C]man in the [B]Moon
The bal[Em]loon came [D]down
[C]about 90 miles [B]away
[Em]Where the man is [D]now,
well I [C]dare [B]not [C#]say([B]meow)
But the [Em]cat came

[Verse 6]
[D]back the [C]very next [B]day
The [Em]cat came b[D]ack,
they [C]thought he was a [B]goner
But the [Em]cat [D]came back; he [C]just
couldn't [B]stay [Em]away
[D][C]

[Verse 7]
[B]
He [Em]gave it to a [D]man going [C]way out [B]West
He [Em]told him to [D]take it to the
[C]one he loved the [B]best
First the [Em]train hit the [D]track,
[C]then it jumped a [B]rail
[Em]Not a soul was l[D]eft behind to [C]tell the
[B]gruesome [C#]tale([B]meow)
But the [Em]cat came

[Verse 8]
[D]back the [C]very next [B]day
The [Em]cat came b[D]ack,
they [C]thought he was a [B]goner
But the [Em]cat [D]came back; he [C]just couldn't [B]stay
[Em]away

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][B][Em][D][C][B][F#m]
[E][D][C#]
Now the [F#m]cat was a

[Verse 9]
[E]father
of a [D]family of his [C#]own
With [F#m]seven little [E]kittens,
then [D]came a cyc[C#]lone
It [F#m]tore the houses a[E]ll apart and
[D]tossed the cat [C#]around
The [F#m]air was filled with ki[E]ttens,
[D]not a one [C#]was [G#]found[C#](meow[D#])[F]
But the [F#m]cat came

[Verse 10]
[E]back, the [D]very next [C#]day
The [F#m]cat ca[E]me back; they
[D]thought he was a [C#]goner
But the [F#m]cat came ba[E]ck,
he [D]just couldn't [C#]stay [F#m]away(m[E]eow[D])[C#]
But the [F#m]cat came

[Verse 11]
[E]back, the [D]very next [C#]day
The [F#m]cat ca[E]me back; they
[D]thought he was a [C#]goner
But the [F#m]cat came ba[E]ck,
he [D]just couldn't [C#]stay away(meow)
[F#m](Meow)

[Outro 1]
[E][D][C#][F#m]
[E][D][C#][F#m][E][D][C#]
[F#m]