The Cat Came Back - Cisco Houston Chords
Chords: C, F, G
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Genre: blues, folk, swing
[Verse]
C F
Well old Mr. Johnson Had troubles all his own
G C
He had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave home
F
Tried everything he knew to do To get the cat to stay away
G
Even took him up to Canada And told him for to stay
[Chorus]
C
But the cat came back, the very next day
C F
Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back
G C
`Cause he wouldn't stay away
[Additional verses]
C F
Well they give a boy a dollar For to set the cat afloat
G C
And he took him up the river In a sack and a boat
C F
Well the fishin' it was fine Till the news got around
G
That the boat was missing And the boy was drowned...
[Chorus]
C F
Well the farmer on the corner Said he'd shoot the cat on sight
G C
And he loaded up his gun Full of rocks and dynamite
C F
The gun went off Heard all over town
G
Little pieces of the man Was all that they found...
[Chorus]
C F
Well they finally found a way This cat for to fix
C G
They put him in an orange crate Out on Route 66
C F
Come a ten ton truck With a twenty ton load
G
Scattered pieces of the orange crate All down the road...
[Chorus]
C F
Now they gave him to a man Going up in the balloon
C G
And they told him for to leave him With the man in the moon
C F
Well the balloon got busted Back to earth it head
G
And seven miles away They picked the man up dead...
[Chorus]
C F
Well they took him to the shop Where the meat was ground
C G
And they dropped him in the hopper When the butcher wasn't 'round
C F
Well the cat disappeared With a blood-curdling shriek
G
And the town's meat Tasted furry for a week...
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