The Cat Came Back The same chords are repeated through the whole song The strum pattern below works for me Chord progression repeats x4 for each verse Em DDU G DDU C DD D U UDU Chorus chord progression also repeats x4 with the last "away" as its own line or you can sing the last away without chords / (NC) Em G C D Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own Em G C D He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave his home Em G C D He tried and he tried to give the cat away Em G C D He gave it to a man goin' far, far away Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D The farmer on the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight Em G C D (NC) He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite “Click Click” Em G C D He waited in the garden for the cat to come around Em G C D Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D He gave it to a man with a dollar note Em G C D He took him up the river in a boat Em G C D The boat turned over and was never found Em G C D Now they drag the river for a man that's drowned Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D He gave it to a man going up in a balloon Em G C D He told him to take it to the man in the moon Em G C D The balloon came down about ninety miles away Em G C D Where he is now, well I dare not say Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D They sneaked into the shop with the butcher not around Em G C D And they dropped him in the hopper where the meat was ground Em G C D The old cat disappeared with a blood-curdling shriek Em G C D And that shop's hamburger tasted furry for a week... Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D They threw him in the kennel where the dog was asleep Em G C D And the bones of cats lay piled in a heap Em G C D That ol' kennel burst apart and the dog flew out the side Em G C D With his ears chewed off and holes in his hide... Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D Then they found a way this cat they'd really fix Em G C D They put him in an orange crate on Highway Sixty-Six Em G C D (NC) A long come truck with a twenty ton load “SPLAT” Em G C D Scattered pieces of orange crate a mile down the road... Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D They took him down to Cape Canaveral and put him in place Em G C D And they shot him in a satellite way into space Em G C D They thought that cat was beyond human reach Em G C D (NC) Then they got a phone call from Miami Beach, sayin'..."MEOW” Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy Em G C D The atom bomb fell just the other day Em G C D The H-Bomb fell in the very same way Em G C D Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A. Em G C D The human race was finished without a chance to pray Em G C D But the cat came back the very next day Em G C D The cat came back, we thought he was a goner Em G C D But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay Em G C D Awaaaayyyyy
