{"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":1877065,"song":"The Cat Came Back","artist":"Cisco Houston","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11420885-the-cat-came-back-chords-by-cisco-houston/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1877065?type=chord","rating":0.0637,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell old Mr. Johnson Had troubles all his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave home [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTried everything he knew to do To get the cat to stay away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEven took him up to Canada And told him for to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back, the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThought he was a goner, but the cat came back[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n`Cause he wouldn't stay away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Additional verses]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell they give a boy a dollar For to set the cat afloat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he took him up the river In a sack and a boat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell the fishin' it was fine Till the news got around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the boat was missing And the boy was drowned...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell the farmer on the corner Said he'd shoot the cat on sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he loaded up his gun Full of rocks and dynamite[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe gun went off Heard all over town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle pieces of the man Was all that they found...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell they finally found a way This cat for to fix[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey put him in an orange crate Out on Route 66[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCome a ten ton truck With a twenty ton load[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nScattered pieces of the orange crate All down the road...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nNow they gave him to a man Going up in the balloon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they told him for to leave him With the man in the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell the balloon got busted Back to earth it head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd seven miles away They picked the man up dead...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell they took him to the shop Where the meat was ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they dropped him in the hopper When the butcher wasn't 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell the cat disappeared With a blood-curdling shriek[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the town's meat Tasted furry for a week...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell, they took him to Cape Canaveral And they put him in a place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShot him in a U.S. rocket Going way out in space [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell they finally thought the cat Was out a' human reach[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNext day they got a call From Miami Beach and...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back, the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThought he was a goner, but the cat came back[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n`Cause he wouldn't stay away[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Additional verses]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}