There Are No Cats In America
-James Horner
--From the movie, An American Tail


PAPA MOUSEKEWITZ:
    Cm (x3101x@1)        Dm*
Our family was traveling
Cm (x3101x@1)                GmThrough (355333@1)the snow to Minsk
Cm (x3101x@1)     Dm*
Suddenly Papa
Cm (x3101x@1)               GmSaw (355333@1)those huge paw prints
     G# (xx1114@1)        Gm (355333@1)         
When I heard him screaming
  F (133211@1)          GmI (355333@1)fainted dead away
G# (xx1114@1)             D#mAnd (xx4342@1)I woke up an orphan
(no chord)
Oy vey
But...

ALL:
But!
              C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)there are no cats in America
        F (133211@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the streets are paved with cheese
             C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)there are no cats in America
   F (133211@1) -    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)  -  C (x32010@1) 
So set your mind at ease

ITALIAN MOUSE:
Ma la cosa terrible
Que esiste in la patria mia
If you think things were bad in Russia
You should see things in my country:

    C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)times were hard in Sicily
   G# (xx1114@1)        GWe (320003@1)had no provolone
    F (133211@1)          D#The (x43121@3)Don he was a tabby
       D (xx0232@1)                  GWith (320003@1)a taste for my brother Tony
     C (x32010@1)          GWhen (320003@1)Mama went to plead for him
    G# (xx1114@1)              GThe (320003@1)Don said he would see her
    F (133211@1)             D#We (x43121@3)found her rosary on the ground
(no chord)
Poor Mama mia
But...

ALL:
              C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)there are no cats in America
        F (133211@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the streets are paved with cheese
             C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)there are no cats in America
   F (133211@1) -    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)  -  C (x32010@1) 
So set your mind at ease

IRISH MOUSE:
Sure that's sad, but sadder still...

       Gm (355333@1)      CmWhen (x3101x@1)I was but a lad
  Dm (xx0231@1)               CmI (x3101x@1)lost my true love fair
      Gm (355333@1)          A# (x1333x@1)      Gsus4 (3x0013@1)    GmA (355333@1)calico, he caught us by surprise
     Cm (x3101x@1)               GmIn (355333@1)a flash of teeth and fur
             D# (x43121@3)            G#Her (xx1114@1)tail was all he left of her
           D#5'Neath (xx134x@1)the heather
            D5 (xx023x@1)         Cm-- (x3101x@1)A#-- (x1333x@1)Cm- (x3101x@1)Is where it tirra-lirra lies
But...

ALL:
              C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)there are no cats in America
        F (133211@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the streets are paved with cheese
             C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)there are no cats in America
        F (133211@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the streets are paved with cheese
              C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)there are no cats in America
        F (133211@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the streets are paved with cheese
              C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)- ABut (x02220@1)there are no cats in America
        E7 (020130@1)     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)    CThat (x32010@1)is why, we sail, these seas

Dm* = xxx031
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