Key: E
Introduction: C#m7
Ab7
A7
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Ab7
C#m7
Everybody wants to be a cat,
A7
Because a cat's the only cat
Ab7
C#m7
Who knows where it's at.
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Ab7
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A7
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat,
C#m7
'Cause everything else is obsolete.
CHORUS
F#m
F#m/F
F#m/E
B7
Now a square with a horn, makes you wish you weren't born,
E
Ever'time he plays;
D#°
Ab7
D#°
A7
And with a square in the act, He can set music back
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D#°
Ab7
To the caveman days.
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Ab7
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I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
A7
Ab7
C#m7
But a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing.
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Ab7
C#m7
A7
Who wants to dig Along-haired gig or stuff like that?
Ab7
C#m7
When everybody wants to be a cat.
(SOLO)
C#m7
Ab7
C#m7
Everybody wants to be a cat,
A7
Because a cat's the only cat
Ab7
C#m7
Who knows where it's at;
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Ab7
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A7
While playin' jazz you always have a welcome mat,
Ab7
C#m7
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
C#m
C#m9
Everybody wants to be cat.