From the musical, Cats D (4 bars) G5 D5 F#5 B5 Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door E5 A5 D5 D5 His name as I ought to have told you before G5 D5 F#5 B5 Is really Asparagus, but that's such a fuss G5 -- F#m7- - Em9- - G5 G5 D5 To pronounce that we usually call him just Gus G5 D5 F#5 B5 His coat's very shabby. He's thin as a rake E5 A5 D5 D5 And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake G5 D5 F#5 B5 Yet he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats G- - F#m7- - Em9- - G5 G5 D5 But no longer a terror to mice and to rats G5 D5 E5 D5 For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime G5 D5 F#5 B5 Though his name was quite famous, he says, in his time G5 D5 E5 D5 And whenever he joins his friends at their club G5 D5 F#5 B5 (Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub) E5 A5 D5 D5 He loves to regale them if someone else pays E5 A5 D5 D5 With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days G5 D5 E5 D5 For he once was a star of the highest degree G5 D5 F#5 B5 He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree G5 D5 E5 D5 And he likes to relate his success on the halls G5 D5 F#5 B5 Where the gallery once gave him seven catcalls G-- F#m7- - Em9- - G5 B5 B5 But his grandest creation as he loves to tell Em7- - F#m7- - G7M- - G5 C5 G5 D5 Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell G5 D5 F#5 B5 "I have played, in my time, every possible part E5 A5 D5 D5 And I used to know seventy speeches by heart G5 D5 F#5 B5 I'd extemporize backchat. I knew how to gag G5 -- F#m7- - Em9- - G5 G5 D5 And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag G5 D5 F#5 B5 I knew how to act with my back and my tail E5 A5 D5 D5 With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail G5 D5 F#5 B5 I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts G--F#m7-Em(b9)G/A G D Whether I took the lead, or in character parts G5 D5 E5 D5 I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell G5 D5 F#5 B5 When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell G5 D5 E5 D5 In the pantomime season I never fell flat G5 D5 F#5 B5 And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat G-- F#m7--Em(b9)-G/A Bm Bm But my grandest creation as history will tell Em7--F#m7--G7M--G/A Csus2 G/B D Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell D5 D5 D5 D5 C#5 D5 D5 Then if someone will give him a toothful of gin A5 A5 D5 D5 He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne D5 C#5 D5 D5 At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat D5 A5 E5 A5 When some actor suggested the need for a cat G5 D5 E5 D5 "And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained G5 D5 F#5 B5 As we did in the days when Victoria reigned G5 D5 E5 D5 They never get drilled in a regular troupe G5 D5 F#5 B5 And they think they are smart just to jump through a hoop" E5 A5 D5 D5 And he says as he scratches himself with his claws E5 A5 D5 D5 "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was G5 D5 E5 D5 These modern productions are all very well G5 D5 F#5 B5 But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell G--F#m7--Em(b9)-G/A Bm Bm That moment of mystery when I made history Em7--F#m7--Gmaj6-G/A Csus2 G As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell" D5 (Reprise) "I once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire To rescue a child when a house was on fire And I think that I still can much better than most Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the ghost And I once played Growltiger Could do it again Could do it again Could do it again . . ."