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Caterpillar:Ray Campi.
Great Rockabilly on TNT Records
from 1957.
INTRO: Bb  
CHORUS:
BbWell, she's fast like a cat, skinny like a pillar,
that's why we call her Bb7caterpillar.
EbCaterpillar ba-ba-by, caterBbpillar, ba-ba-by.
CaterFpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
#1.
BbWell, she's my baby, I want you to know it,
she tells me that she loves me and she Bb7knows 
how to show it.
EbCaterpillar ba-ba-by, caterBbpillar, ba-ba-by.
FCaterpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
BRIDGE:
BbmWell, mmm, we're gonna Gmcat tonight.
GmWell, we're gonna cat tonight.
EbWell-well, cat tonight.
GmWell-well, cat tonight.
FCaterpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
(bop-bop-bop)
INTERLUDE:  Bb   Eb   Bb   Gm   Eb   Bb   F  Bb  
#2.
BbWell, she don't ever run and she don't ever walk,
but she can rock 'n' roll on a Bb7forty inch floor.
CaterEbpillar ba-ba-by, caterBbpillar, ba-ba-by.
CaterFpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
#3.
BbWell, she likes to dance and she likes to bop,
but you better start runnin' when she Bb7blows 
her top.
CaterEbpillar ba-ba-by, caterBbpillar, ba-ba-by.
CaterFpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
CHORUS:
BbWell, she's fast like a cat, skinny like a pillar,
that's why we call her Bb7caterpillar.
EbCaterpillar ba-ba-by, caterBbpillar, ba-ba-by.
CaterFpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
BRIDGE:
BbmWell, mmm, we're gonna Gmcat tonight.
GmWell, we're gonna cat tonight.
EbWell-well, cat tonight.
GmWell-well, cat tonight.
FCaterpillar baby, we're gonna cat toBbnight.
OUTRO:
BbNight-night-night-night..well, oh, well, oh, well, 
we're gonna cat tonight..we're gonna-gonna cat 
tonight..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Caterpillar

by Ray Campi

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Bb7

Bbm

Caterpillar:Ray Campi.

Great Rockabilly on TNT Records

from 1957.

INTRO:

CHORUS:

Well, she's fast like a cat, skinny like a pillar,

Bb7

that's why we call her caterpillar.

Eb Bb

Caterpillar ba-ba-by, caterpillar, ba-ba-by.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

#1.

Well, she's my baby, I want you to know it,

Bb7

she tells me that she loves me and she knows

how to show it.

Eb Bb

Caterpillar ba-ba-by, caterpillar, ba-ba-by.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

BRIDGE:

Bbm Gm

Well, mmm, we're gonna cat tonight.

Well, we're gonna cat tonight.

Well-well, cat tonight.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

(bop-bop-bop)

Bb Eb Bb Gm Eb Bb F Bb

INTERLUDE:

#2.

Well, she don't ever run and she don't ever walk,

Bb7

but she can rock 'n' roll on a forty inch floor.

Eb Bb

Caterpillar ba-ba-by, caterpillar, ba-ba-by.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

#3.

Well, she likes to dance and she likes to bop,

Bb7

but you better start runnin' when she blows

her top.

Eb Bb

Caterpillar ba-ba-by, caterpillar, ba-ba-by.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

CHORUS:

Well, she's fast like a cat, skinny like a pillar,

Bb7

that's why we call her caterpillar.

Eb Bb

Caterpillar ba-ba-by, caterpillar, ba-ba-by.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

BRIDGE:

Bbm Gm

Well, mmm, we're gonna cat tonight.

Well, we're gonna cat tonight.

Well-well, cat tonight.

F Bb

Caterpillar baby, we're gonna cat tonight.

OUTRO:

Night-night-night-night..well, oh, well, oh, well,

we're gonna cat tonight..we're gonna-gonna cat

tonight..(Fade.)

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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