| Song Name: | The Cat Came Back (hi-lo) | By: | American folk song |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | G | Genre: | Children |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-27 11:28:47 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | THE CAT CAME BACK hi-lo
American folk song Key: Em 2 -3” -3” -3” -3 -3 5 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7 Now old Mis-ter John-son -3 4 -3” -3” 4 -3 -7 7 -6 -6 7 -7 Had trou-bles of his own 2 -3”-3”-3” -3” -3 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 He had a yel-low cat -3 4 -3” -3” 4 5 -7 7 -6 -6 7 8 That would-n’t leave its home 5 5 5 5 -4 8 8 8 8 -8 He tried and he tried -4 5 -3” -3” 4 -3 -7 7 -6 -6 7 -7 To give the cat a-way 2 -3” -3”-3”-3”-3 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 He gave it to a man -3 -3 4 -3” 4 -3 -7 -7 7 -6 7 -7 Go-ing far, far a-way 2 2 -3” 5 -4 -3 4 4 -3” -3 5 5 -6 8 -8 -7 7 7 -6 -7 But the cat came back the ver-y next day 2 -3” 5 -4 5 -6 8 -8 The cat came back -3 4 4 -3”-3”-3 -3 -7 7 7 -6 -6 -7 -7 They thought he was a gon-er 2 2 -3” 5 -4 5 5 -6 8 -8 But the cat came back -3 4 -3 -3” -3 2 -3” -7 7 -7 -6 -7 5 -6 It just could-n’t stay a-way |