The Cat Came Back / Hit the Road Cat Medley
Various Artists


      Am      G         F       E7
4/4 | d - D - d - D - | d - D - d - D - |
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Intro
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |

Chorus
The [Am] cat came [G] back the [F] very next [E7] day
The [Am] cat came [G] back, they [F] thought he was a [E7] goner
But the [Am] cat came [G] back, he [F] just couldn't [E7] stay
A- | [Am] way [G]   | [F]  [E7] | [E7] meow...

[Am] Old Mr. [G] Johnson had [F] troubles of his [E7] own
He [Am] had a yellow [G] cat, who [F] wouldn't leave his [E7] home
He [Am] tried and he [G] tried to [F] give the cat a- [E7]  way
He [Am] gave it to a [G] man going [F] far, far a- [E7] way...

Chorus
The [Am] cat came [G] back the [F] very next [E7] day
The [Am] cat came [G] back, they [F] thought he was a [E7] goner
But the [Am] cat came [G] back, he [F] just couldn't [E7] stay
A- | [Am] way [G]   | [F]  [E7] | [E7] meow...

He [Am] gave it to a [G] man going [F] up in a ba- [E7] lloon
He [Am] told him for to [G] take him to the [F] Man in the [E7] Moon
The ba- [Am] lloon came [G] down about [F] 90 miles a- [E7] way
[Am] Where the man is [G] now, well I [F] dare not [E7] say...

Chorus
The [Am] cat came [G] back the [F] very next [E7] day
The [Am] cat came [G] back, they [F] thought he was a [E7] goner
But the [Am] cat came [G] back, he [F] just couldn't [E7] stay
A- | [Am] way [G]   | [F]  [E7] | [E7] meow...

He [Am] put it in a [G] rocketship, [F] bound for [E7] Mars
For [Am] forty days and [G] nights, it [F] zoomed to the [E7] stars
It [Am] crashed against an [G] asteroid, in the [F] middle of [E7] space
[Am] Pieces floated [G] everywhere and [F] left no [E7] trace...  (Pause)

Chorus
The [Am] cat came [G] back the [F] very next [E7] day
The [Am] cat came [G] back, they [F] thought he was a [E7] goner
But the [Am] cat came [G] back, he [F] just couldn't [E7] stay
A- | [Am] way [G]   | [F]  [E7] | [E7] meow...

Hit The Road Cat
Chorus
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more, no [G] more, no [F] more, no [E7] more
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more. [G]   [F]  [E7] meow...

Oh [Am] kitty oh [G] kitty you [F] treat me so [E7] mean,
you're the [Am] meanest [G] kitty that [F] I've ever [E7] seen
You [Am] eat me out of [G] house and  [F] home  [E7]
gotta [Am] pack your [G] bags and [F] go. [E7]

Chorus
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more, no [G] more, no [F] more, no [E7] more
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more. [G]   [F]  [E7]

Sing the chorus' to Hit The Road & Cat Came Back Simultaneously
Chorus
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more, no [G] more, no [F] more, no [E7] more
Hit the [Am] Road [G] Cat [F] don't you come [E7] back
no [Am] more. [G]   [F]  [E7] meow......... [Am↓]

#Last Updated 11/10/18 JJ
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