Chords for Doc Watson - Cat Came Back

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Old Uncle John had [F] troubles [C] of his own.
He had an old yellow [D] cat that wouldn't [G] leave home.
He [C] tried a half a dozen [F] times to give the cat [G] away, but the cat loved his master and he [Am] just wouldn't stay.
The cat came [C] back, the cat came back.
They thought he wasn't gonna, [F] but the cat came back [C] cause he couldn't stay away. _ _ _ _ _
A farmer said he'd kill the [F] cat and he would [C] never fail.
He loaded up [A] his shotgun with [G] dynamite and nails.
He _ [C] waited on the corner [F] for the cat to come around.
About a half a [E] dozen pieces of the man was [C] all they found, but the cat came back.
The cat came back.
They thought he wasn't gonna, [F] but the cat came back [C] cause he couldn't stay away.
Let me see if I can pick one, Richard. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Then he gave him to a man [F] going up in a [C] balloon.
He says, will you [D] give him to the man in [G] the moon? _
[C] That balloon burst [F] open on the upper body [C] said about 90 miles away.
[Gm] They picked the man [A] up dead, but the cat [C] came back.
The cat came back.
They thought he wasn't gonna, [F] but the cat came back [G] cause he [C] couldn't stay away.
_ _ _ _ _ _ He gave him to a preacher who [F] was going [C] out west.
He says, [G] will you give him [D] to the one he [G] loves the best?
_ [C] The train went around the [F] curb and struck a [C] broken rail and the cat was the only [A] one left to tell a tale.
The cat [C] came _ _ _ back.
They thought he wasn't gonna, [F] but the cat came back [G] cause he couldn't [C] stay away.
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_ _ Well, he gave him to a hunter who [F] had traveled far and [A] near.
He says, will you lose him in the jungle [G] over there?
_ [D] When the ship returned, [F] there arose a [C] mighty chair.
The cat was the first [A] one to touch the big pier.
The cat came back.
Here's the comeback.
He [C] did it.
_ Well, he was the guy, [F] but the cat came [G] back cause he [C] couldn't stay away. _ _
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