The Cat Came Back

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C G C
Now, just like everybody, you've got troubles of your own,
C G C
But let me tell you, mister, of the sorrow I have known.
Am C F
I had an old, gray cat that I couldn't bear to keep.
C G C
He spent the nights a-howlin' and he wouldn't let me sleep.
C G C
So I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well.
C G C
I had some fellas help me and I paid them not to tell.
Am C F
They put it in a boxcar, the westbound 710.
C G C
The train pulled away and was never seen again.
C G
But the cat came back the very next day.
G C
Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.
C G
Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.
G Am G C
Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.
C G C
We took him to the harbor and we put him on a ship.
C G C
We bid him, "Bon voyage," for that oceanic trip.
Am C F
The captain was obliging and glad to help us out.
C G C
They tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt.
C G C
Well, we heard the sad report of that mighty storm at sea
C G C
And, though it may sound heartless, I was happy as can be.
Am C F
The paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy gale
C G C
And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale.
C G
But the cat came back the very next day.
G C
Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.
C G
Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.
G Am G C
Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.
C G C
Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon.
C G C
The cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon.
Am C F
I guess you know what happened, that balloon is up there still
C G C
And early that next morning, guess what came across the hill.
Meow, that's right.
C G C
Now, everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight.
C G C
With that crazy cat around, you couldn't sleep at night.
Am C F
We even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down.
C G C
You could hear the guns a-blazin' as we ran him out of town.
C G
But the cat came back the very next day.
G C
Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.
C G
Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.
G Am G C
Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.
C G C
Here's the moral to our story: When looking for a friend,
C G C
If you get an old, gray cat, he's yours until the end.
Am C F
You'll never drag him off, no matter what you do.
C G C
Bear in mind this dreadful tale that we have told to you.
C G
But the cat came back the very next day.
G C
Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.
C G
Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.
G Am G C
Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.

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