{"id":11042,"date":"2022-06-23T05:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T05:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11042"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:44:54","slug":"cat-came-back-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/cat-came-back-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Came Back, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\">SHEET MUSIC BELOW TEXT WORDS &#8211; BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]\u00a0 or\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(Em)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">AFTER EACH VERSE:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea63732b89d2098097337' value='69ea63732b89d2098097337'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea63732b89d2098097337' value='VERSION ONE'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea63732b89d2098097337' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea63732b89d2098097337' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">VERSION ONE<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea63732b89d2098097337' >\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span><\/span> Old Mr. [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> Johnson had [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> trouble all his [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> own.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He had a yellow [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> cat that [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> wouldn&#8217;t leave his [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> home.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He tried and he [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> tried to [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> give that cat [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> away.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He gave it to a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> man going [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> far far [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> away<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">CHORUS &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> But the cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> very next [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> day.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000\">The [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, they [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> thought he was a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> goner<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000\">But the [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, he [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> just wouldn&#8217;t [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> stay away. [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> On a telegraph [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span>wire the birds were [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> sitting in a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> bunch.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He saw an even [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span>number, said he&#8217;d [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> have &#8217;em for his [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Climbed softly up the [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> pole [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> until he reached the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> top.\u00a0\u00a0 Put his [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> foot upon the \u00a0[G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> &#8216;lectric wire, [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span>it was quite a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> shock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Now the [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> man around the [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span>corner swore he&#8217;d [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> kill the cat on [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> sight.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He loaded up his [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> shotgun with [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> nails and [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> dynamite.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> He waited and he [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> waited for the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> cat to come [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> around.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Ninety seven [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> pieces of the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> man was all they [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> found.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">CHORUS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea63732bd740019526283' value='69ea63732bd740019526283'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea63732bd740019526283' value='VERSION TWO'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea63732bd740019526283' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea63732bd740019526283' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">VERSION TWO<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea63732bd740019526283' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Gave it to a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> man going [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> up in a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> balloon.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Told him for to [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> take it to the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> Man in the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> Moon.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> The balloon came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> down about [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> ninety miles [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> away.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Where the man is [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> now, I [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> dare not [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> This cat had [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> company [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> out in the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> backyard.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Somebody threw a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> boot and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> threw it awful [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> hard.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Hit the cat behind the [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> ear and he [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> thought it was a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> slight.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> And down came a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> brick, knocked the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> man out of [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">CHORUS &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> But the cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> very next [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> day.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000\">The [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, they [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> thought he was a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> goner<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-weight: 900;color: #ff0000\">But the [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, he [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> just wouldn&#8217;t stay [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> away. [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<br \/>\n[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> They threw him in the [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> kennel where the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> dog was fast [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> asleep.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Where the bones of other [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> cats lay [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> piled in a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> heap.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> That kennel burst [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> apart and the dog [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> flew out the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> side.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> With his ears chewed [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> off and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> holes in his [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> hide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #ff0000;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">CHORUS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea63732c1461033212647' value='69ea63732c1461033212647'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea63732c1461033212647' value='VERSION THREE'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea63732c1461033212647' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea63732c1461033212647' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">VERSION THREE<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea63732c1461033212647' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<br \/>\n[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> They put him in a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> cotton sack and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> gave him to a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> girl.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Who&#8217;d started on a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> bicycle [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> all around the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> world.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> over there in [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> China a [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> terrible wreak was [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> found.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> She&#8217;s singing now in [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> heaven with the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> angels all [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<br \/>\n[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Now this cat was a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> terror and they [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> thought it would be [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> best,\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> To give him to a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> feller who was [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> going way out [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> west.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Train ran round a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> curve and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> hit a broken [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> rail.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Not a blessed [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> soul aboard that train [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> lived to tell the [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> tale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #ff0000;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">CHORUS &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> But the cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back the [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> very next [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> day.\u00a0 The [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, they [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> thought he was a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> goner.\u00a0\u00a0 But the [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> cat came [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> back, he [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> just wouldn&#8217;t stay [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> away. [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<br \/>\n[Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> The cat was a [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> possessor of a [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> family all its [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> own,\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> With seven little [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> kittens till [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> there was a [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> cyclone.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> Blew the houses all [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> apart and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> tossed the cats [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> around.\u00a0\u00a0 [Am]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(Em)<\/span> The air was full of [G]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(D)<\/span> kittens and [F]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(C)<\/span> not a one was [E7]<span style=\"color: #999999\">(B7)<\/span> found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea63732c49d2064681948' value='69ea63732c49d2064681948'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea63732c49d2064681948' value='VERSION FOUR'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea63732c49d2064681948' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea63732c49d2064681948' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">VERSION FOUR<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea63732c49d2064681948' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #0000ff;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\">Two Chord Options:\u00a0\u00a0 Am G F E7\u00a0 or\u00a0 Em D C B7<br \/>\n[Am]<span style=\"color: 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