Intro: Em / Em/D# / Em/D / Em/C# / Cmaj7 / B7 / Em

Em (022000@1)      Em/D#         Em/DEverybody (010000@1)wants to be a cat,

E/C# (042100@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Am6/C
because a cat's the only cat

    C7 (x32310@1)             B7who (x21202@1)knows where it's at.

Em (022000@1)        Em/D#              Em/D (010000@1) Em/C#Everybody's (042000@1)pickin' up on that feline beat,

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)   Em (022000@1)       Bm7/ (x20202@1)Em'cause (022000@1)everything else is obsolete.


Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)          Am/G#Now (402210@1)a square with a horn,

Am/G (302210@1)       Am/F#can (202210@1)make you wish you weren't born,

      Gever'time (320003@1)he plays;

B7and (x21202@1)with a square in the act,

he can set music back

       Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)B7 (x21202@1)   / C/ (x32010@1)B7to (x21202@1)the caveman days.

Em (022000@1)                  Em/D#              Em/DI've (010000@1)heard some corny birds who tried to sing,

Em/C#Cmaj7          Am6/C
but a cat's the only cat

    C7 (x32310@1)         B7who (x21202@1)knows how to swing.
    Em (022000@1)Who wants to dig

a long-haired gig

or stuff like that?

When everybody wants to be a cat.


A square with that horn,

makes you wish you weren't born,

ever'time he plays;

and with a square in the act,

he's gonna set this music back

to the Stone Age days.

Everybody wants to be a cat,

because a cat's the only cat

who knows where it's at;

while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat,

'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.

Everybody digs a swingin' cat.