Chords for Macavity the Mystery Cat Part 1 | Cats the Musical

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[C] _ _ _ _ The [D#] Cavity's a mystery cat, [F#] he's called the Hidden Poor.
[E] For he's the master [D#] criminal [F] who can [F#] defy the [C] law.
He's the bafflement [A#] of Southern Yard, [A] the Flying Squads [G#] despair.
_ [G] For when they reach the scene of crime, the Cavity's not there.
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Cavity, [D#] _ Macavity, [F] there's no [D] one like _ Macavity.
[A] He's broken every human law, [F] he breaks the law [B] of [D] gravity.
[Cm] His powers of levitation [F] would make a fakir [C] stare.
And when you reach [F#] the scene of crime, [C] the Cavity's not there.
You [D#] may [F#] seek him in the basement, [C] you may look up in the air. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] But I tell you once and once again, _ Macavity's not there. _ _ _ _
[Fm] [D#] Macavity's a ginger cat, [F] he's very [F#] tall and thin.
[G] You would know [C] him [D#m] if you saw him, [F] for his eyes [F#] are sunken [G] in.
[C] His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly [D] domed.
His [Fm] coat [G] is [F] dusty from neglect, his [Cm] whiskers [F] are uncold.
[F#] He sways his head from side to side with movements like a [A] snake.
And when you think he's half asleep, [G] he's always wide awake!
[Cm] For Cavity, _ Macavity, [F] there's no one [D] like _ Macavity.
[C] For he's a [D#] fiend in fiendship, [F] a monster of [F#] _ decrepitude.
[Cm] You may meet him [D#] in a vice-treat, [F] you may see [F#] him everywhere.
_ [A] A client's disturbed, but then _ Macavity's not there.
_ [A#] [C#m] He's _ [A] [C] outwardly _ [Am] _ [F#]
[D#] respectable.
_ _ I know, he cheats [N] at [C] cards.
_ And [A#] his [F#] loot [A] prints [C] are not [Am] [F#] found [A#] in [C] _ [D#] any files of _ Scotland [Cm]
Yards.
_ _ [F#m] And when [Am] the [C] lot is looted, [F#] or the jewel case is rifled,
Or when the milk is missing, or [A#] another [F] pig's been _ stifled,
[Cm] Or the greenhouse is_
[A#] _ _ _
And [Am] the trellis [Fm] has to [G#]
repair.
There's the wonder of the thing, _ [G] Macavity's [C#m] not there.
_ _ _ It was very pleasant when they found their little den with the name written up on the door.
And the berth [D] was very neat, [C#m] with a newly folded [Bm] sheet, [C#m] and not a speck of dust on the floor.
[Bm] _ _