The Cat Came Back

Sonny James

Written by Harry S. Miller

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
The cat came back the cat came back
             G7                           C
I thought he was a goner but the cat came back
      D7          D7 C G D7 C G
Cause he wouldn't stay away

Verse 2

G
Now old Uncle John had troubles of his own
                                          D7
Had an ol' yellow cat that wouldn't leave home
                                            G
He tried everything he knew to keep the cat away

Verse 3

Even gave it to a preacher and he told it for to stay

Verse 1

G
The cat came back the cat came back
             G7                           C
I thought he was a goner but the cat came back
      D7          D7 C G D7 C G
Cause he wouldn't stay away

Verse 4

G
Now they gave the ol' cat to the man in a balloon
                                              D7
They told him to leave it with the man in the moon
                                     G
The balloon it bursted and everybody said

Verse 5

Ten miles away they picked the man up dead

Verse 1

G
The cat came back the cat came back
             G7                           C
I thought he was a goner but the cat came back
      D7          D7 C G D7 C G
Cause he wouldn't stay away

Verse 6

Now the farmer on the corner's gonna kill the cat on sight
                                         D7
He's loaded up his gun full of nails an' dynamite
                                               G
Well he waited in the garden till the cat came around

Verse 7

Seven little pieces of the man was all they found

Verse 1

G
The cat came back the cat came back
             G7                           C
I thought he was a goner but the cat came back
      D7          D7 C G D7 C G
Cause he wouldn't stay away

Verse 8

Well the cat was a terror and he thought it was best
                                           D7
To give him to a fella who was heading out west
                                                     G
The train went around the corner and it hit a broken rail

Verse 9

Not a soul aboard the train lived to tell the tale

Verse 1

G
The cat came back the cat came back
             G7                           C
I thought he was a goner but the cat came back
      D7          D7 C G D7 C G
Cause he wouldn't stay away