{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1745866,"song":"The Cat Came Back","artist":"Harry S. Miller","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11375868-the-cat-came-back-chords-by-harry-s-miller/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1745866?type=chord","rating":4.77122,"votes":22,"content":"The Cat Came Back\r\n\r\nThe same chords are repeated through the whole song\r\nThe strum pattern below works for me\r\n\r\nChord progression repeats x4 for each verse\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] DDU\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  DDU\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  DD\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  U UDU\r\n\r\nChorus chord progression also repeats x4 with the last \r\n\"away\" as its own line or you can sing the last away without chords / (NC)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Mister Johnson had troubles of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave his home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe tried and he tried to give the cat away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe gave it to a man goin' far, far away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe farmer on the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         (NC)\r\nHe loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite   “Click Click”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe waited in the garden for the cat to come around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNinety seven pieces of the man is all they found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe gave it to a man with a dollar note[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe took him up the river in a boat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boat turned over and was never found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow they drag the river for a man that's drowned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe gave it to a man going up in a balloon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe told him to take it to the man in the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe balloon came down about ninety miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere he is now, well I dare not say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey sneaked into the shop with the butcher not around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they dropped him in the hopper where the meat was ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe old cat disappeared with a blood-curdling shriek[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that shop's hamburger tasted furry for a week...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey threw him in the kennel where the dog was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bones of cats lay piled in a heap[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat ol' kennel burst apart and the dog flew out the side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith his ears chewed off and holes in his hide...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they found a way this cat they'd really fix[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey put him in an orange crate on Highway Sixty-Six[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     (NC)\r\nA long come truck with a twenty ton load “SPLAT”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nScattered pieces of orange crate a mile down the road...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took him down to Cape Canaveral and put him in place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they shot him in a satellite way into space[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey thought that cat was beyond human reach[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      (NC)\r\nThen they got a phone call from Miami Beach, sayin'...\"MEOW”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe atom bomb fell just the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe H-Bomb fell in the very same way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRussia went, England went, and then the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe human race was finished without a chance to pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat came back, we thought he was a goner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back; it just couldn't stay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAwaaaayyyyy[/tab]","plain_text":"The Cat Came Back\n\nThe same chords are repeated through the whole song\nThe strum pattern below works for me\n\nChord progression repeats x4 for each verse\n\nEm DDU\nG  DDU\nC  DD\nD  U UDU\n\nChorus chord progression also repeats x4 with the last \n\"away\" as its own line or you can sing the last away without chords / (NC)","chords":["Em","G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}