xThere Are No Cats In America
-James Horner
--From the movie, An American Tail
PAPA MOUSEKEWITZ:
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Our family was traveling
Cm Gm
Through the snow to Minsk
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Suddenly Papa
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Saw those huge paw prints
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When I heard him screaming
F Gm
I fainted dead away
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And I woke up an orphan
(no chord)
Oy vey
But...
ALL:
But!
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
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So set your mind at ease
ITALIAN MOUSE:
Ma la cosa terrible
Que esiste in la patria mia
If you think things were bad in Russia
You should see things in my country:
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The times were hard in Sicily
G# G
We had no provolone
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The Don he was a tabby
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With a taste for my brother Tony
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When Mama went to plead for him
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The Don said he would see her
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We found her rosary on the ground
(no chord)
Poor Mama mia
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F - Dsus4 - C
So set your mind at ease
IRISH MOUSE:
Sure that’s sad, but sadder still...
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When I was but a lad
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I lost my true love fair
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A calico, he caught us by surprise
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In a flash of teeth and fur
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Her tail was all he left of her
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'Neath the heather
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Is where it tirra-lirra lies
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
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But there are no cats in America
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That is why, we sail, these seas
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