Chords for Never Set the Cat On Fire - Frank Hayes

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[C] Never set the cat on fire, you only will annoy it.
The heat will make the beast perspire, she surely [G] won't enjoy it.
[F] Likewise [C] do not ignite the dog, the snake, the [G] gerbil, or the [C] frog.
No never set the cat on fire.
_ [G] And [C] mind your manners, as [G] circumstances may [C] require, and never set the cat on [G] fire.
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[C] Don't open up the cabin hatch, the air is sure to leave it.
And air is very hard to catch, you [G] never will retrieve [F] it.
And though you [C] think your life's a bore, don't open [G] the reactor door.
[C] Don't open up the cabin hatch.
_ And [Gm] mind [C] your manners, as [G] circumstances may require, [C] and never set the cat [Em] on [G] fire.
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[C] Don't change the navigator's data, someone's sure to see ya.
You know the captain's view of that, a very [G] bad idea.
[F] He doesn't [C] want his ship to race, forever lost [G] in endless space.
[C] Don't change the [G] navigator's [C] data.
_ [G] And [Gm] mind [C] your manners, as [G] circumstances may [C] require, and never set the cat on fire.
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[C] Don't start an interstellar war, it has no helpful uses.
If people ask you, what's it for, you'll [G] only make excuses.
If thirty [C] trillion folks get hurt, you'll go to [G] bed with no dessert.
Don't start an [C] interstellar war.
[D] _ [C] And mind your manners, as [G] circumstances may require, [C] and never set the cat on fire.
_ Yes, mind your manners, as [G] circumstances may [C] require, and never set the [G] cat on fire. _ _ _ _ _