Chords for Sonny James - The Cat Came Back - 1956 Version

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[Bb] The cat came back, the cat came back, I thought he was [Eb] a goner, but the cat came back cause [Bb] he wouldn't stay away. _ _ _ _ _
Now old Uncle John had troubles of his own, had an old yellow cat that [F] wouldn't leave home.
_ [Bb] He tried everything in due to keep the cat away, even [N] gave it to a preacher and he told him for it to stay.
But the cat came back, the cat [Bb] came back, I thought he was a goner, but the cat came back cause he wouldn't stay away. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Now they gave [Ab] the old cat to the man in [Bb] a balloon, they told him to leave him with the man [F] in the moon. _
[Bb] The balloon it bursted and everybody said, ten miles away they picked the man up [Gb] dead.
But the cat came back, the cat came back, I thought he was a goner, but the [B] cat came [C] back cause he wouldn't stay [Bb] away.
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[Eb] _ [Bb] Now the farmer on the corner's gonna kill a cat at sight, he loaded up his gun, [C] bullet nails [F] and dynamite.
_ [Bb] Well he waited in the garden till the cat came around, [D] seven little pieces of the man was all they found.
But the cat [C] came back, [Bb] the cat came back, I thought he was a goner, but [Em] the cat came [C] back cause he wouldn't stay [Bb] away.
_ _ _ _ _ Well the cat was a terror and he thought it was best to give him to [C] a fella who was [F] heading out west.
[Bb] The train went around the corner and it hit a broken rail, not a soul aboard [D] the train left to tell the tale.
But the cat [Bb] came [F] back, the cat came [Bb] back, I thought he was a goner, but the cat came back cause he wouldn't stay away. _
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