Chords for The Cat Came Back - Fred Penner and Ken Sawatzky (with plautdietsch version)

The [B] number one [G] _ _ requested [Em] song in my repertoire.
And I've done this in every performance over the last 36 years. _
[G] _ And it truly is and always will be my personal favorite.
[Em] How many of you have pets at home?
Gerbils, hapsters, rabbits, birds, dogs, amphibians, reptiles, lizards, snakes?
Or perhaps you have a cat.
_ Good.
So why don't you help us sing [A] my all-time favorite [C] _
cat song?
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ The [D] cat came [C] back the [B] very next [Em] day.
The cat came back.
They thought [B] he was a [Em] goner.
But the cat [A] came back.
[C] He [Em] just couldn't stay away.
[D] Give me a [C] nice [B] meow.
Go _ [Em] meow.
[D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ [Em] Now, [Dm] Mr.
Johnson [C] had [B] troubles of his [Em] own.
He had [D] a yellow [Em] cat who [B] wouldn't leave his [Em] home.
He [D] tried and he [Em] tried to give the cat away.
He gave it [D] to a man going [G] far, [B] far away.
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[Em] But the cat [D] came back [Em] the very next day.
The [A] cat came [Em] back.
They thought he was a goner.
But the cat came back.
He just couldn't [Em] stay away.
[A] _ [Em] Here's a new [B] verse. _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
[Em] With the boomerang and the _ didgeridoo, the cat [A] went to visit the [B] kangaroo.
[Em]
They took him out back for a [B] bounce about.
[Em] He was lost [D] in the desert, [C] there is [B] no doubt.
_ _ [A] _ But [Em] the cat [D] came back [Em] the very next day.
The cat came back.
They thought he was a goner.
But the [A] cat came [Em] back.
He just couldn't stay away.
[D] _
[C] Where'd that [B] meow go?
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ [Em] Now, once a [A] crazy scientist [C] took the [B] yellow cat and [A] put it in a time machine [Em] with one small rat.
He sent them [D] back 10 million [C] years to the _ [B] dinosaur and apes.
[Em] _ We're here for good, [D] the old rat said.
[C] There's no possible _ [G] _ _ [B] escape. _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ But you [C] know what?
_ [G] Make a wild guess. _ _
Exactly.
[A] _ _ [Em] But the cat [A] came [Em] back the very next day.
The [A] cat came [Em] back.
They thought he was a goner.
But the [A] cat came [Em] back.
He just couldn't stay [A] away.
Where'd [C] that meow _ [B] go?
[Em] _ [Dm] All right, clap [C] along [Em] now.
Hit the [A] road, cat.
[C] [Em] Don't you come back no more, [D] no more.
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] Don't you come back no more.
[A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Em] Oh, kitty, [Dm] oh, kitty, [C] you [B] treat me so [Em] mean.
You're the [G] meanest kitty [Em] that I've ever seen.
You eat me [D] out of house [C] and home.
[Em] Well, you better pack your bags and go.
That's right, hit the [Dm] road, cat. _
[C] Don't you [B] come back no [D] more, no more, [C] no.
_ [B] _ [Em] Hit the [A] road, cat.
[Em] Don't you come back.
Trying [A] to get down [C] because I'm [B] moving.
_ [Em] Trying [D] to get [C] down because I'm [B] moving.
_ [Em] Trying [A] to get [Em] down because I'm moving.
_ _ _ Check out the cat in the bucket.
_ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [A] I know there's [Em] a few musicians out there.
_ [D] And the [C] reason [Em] that I can do a chaos song and [A] a Ray Charles [Em] song
and the cat came back all [G] together is because [Em] they have the same chord progression,
which [A] I'm going to teach you [Em] right now.
You go E [A] minor, [C] D, [B] C, B7.
[Em] Say [A] E minor, D, [Em] C, B7.
That's right, E [A] minor, D, C, B7.
Something [Em] very [A] exciting happened [Em] a little while ago.
The gentleman to my right, [A] Mr.
Ken [C] Swatsky of the Rhyme [B]-O-Plot
[Em] _ is [Dm] from [C] Mennonite background.
[B] And so he [Em] took this _
[A] lovely [Em] song, the cat came back and wrote _
[D] _ _ [Em] some [Abm] Mennonite verses to [Em] it,
which sounds quite unusual.
It's really [B] very neat.
[Em] But he's going to [A] share a verse [Em] and a chorus with you right now.
Mr.
[D] Swatsky, take it away.
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
[Dm] The _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
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[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] cat _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] came back [Em] the very next day.
The cat [A] came [Em] back.
They thought it was a gunner, but the cat [A] came back.
[Em] He just couldn't stay away.
[A] _
[C] Where's that [Em] meow go?
_ _ [A] Uh, [Em] quietly meow.
_ Meow.
[D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ Meow.
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