The Cat Came Back Em D C B7 Old Mr. Johnson, he had troubles all his own, Em D C B7 He had an old yeller tomcat who wouldn't leave his home. Em D C B7 He tried and he tried to give that cat away, Em D C B7 He gave it to a man who was going far away. : Em D C B7 But the cat came back the very next day, Em D C B7 The cat came back, they thought he was a goner, Em D C B7 Em D C B7 But the cat came back, he just wouldn't stay away, away, away, away, Em D C B7 Em D C B7 No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. Em D C B7 Well the man around the corner hated that cat with all his might, Em D C B7 He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite. Em D C B7 He waited and he waited for that cat to come around, Em D C B7 Ninety-seven pieces of that man were all they found. Em D C B7 Well they gave a kid a quarter to let that cat drown. Em D C B7 He rowed him out to the river, there was water all around. Em D C B7 He tied a rope around his neck, it must have weighed a pound. Em D C B7 Now they're draggin' that old river for the little boy that drowned. Em D C B7 They gave it to the butcher to kill today. Em D C B7 He put it through the meat grinder and ground away. Em D C B7 The cat disappeared with a blood-curdling shriek! Em D C B7 And the meat tasted foul for almost a week. Em D C B7 Now the atom bomb fell today. Em D C B7 The H-bomb fell in the very same way. Em D C B7 England went, France went, then the good ol' U. S. A. Em D C B7 Even (fill in) was blown away.