{"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":1842551,"song":"The Cat Came Back","artist":"The New Christy Minstrels","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1842551-the-cat-came-back-chords-by-the-new-christy-minstrels/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1842551?type=chord","rating":4.68174,"votes":3,"content":"[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, just like everybody, you've got troubles of your own,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut let me tell you, mister, of the sorrow I have known.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI had an old, gray cat that I couldn't bear to keep.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe spent the nights a-howlin' and he wouldn't let me sleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI had some fellas help me and I paid them not to tell.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey put it in a boxcar, the westbound 710.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe train pulled away and was never seen again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe took him to the harbor and we put him on a ship.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe bid him, \"Bon voyage,\" for that oceanic trip.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe captain was obliging and glad to help us out.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, we heard the sad report of that mighty storm at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, though it may sound heartless, I was happy as can be.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy gale[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI guess you know what happened, that balloon is up there still[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd early that next morning, guess what came across the hill.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMeow, that's right.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith that crazy cat around, you couldn't sleep at night.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou could hear the guns a-blazin' as we ran him out of town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere's the moral to our story: When looking for a friend, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you get an old, gray cat, he's yours until the end.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll never drag him off, no matter what you do.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBear in mind this dreadful tale that we have told to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the cat came back the very next day.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.[/tab]","plain_text":"Meow, that's right.","chords":["C","G","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}