Cat's in the Kettle
Words by Weird Al Yankovic music by Harry Chapin
(capo 8th fret)
opening riff
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A C
Did you ever think when you eat Chinese
D A
It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese
A C
But the food tastes great so you don't complain
D A
But that's not chicken in your chicken chow mein
G G/F# G/E
Seems to me I ordered sweet and sour pork
G/D C Em/B A
But Garfield's on my fork
C Em/B A
He's purring here on my fork
Chorus:
A G
There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
C D
The place that I eat every day at noon
A G C
They can feed you cat and you'll never know
Em/B A C
Once they wrap it up in dough boys
C Em/B A
Wrap it up crisp in dough
-opening riff-
Chow Lin asked if I wanted more
As he's dialing up his buddy at the old pet store
I said not today I lost my appetite
There's two cats in my belly and they want to fight
I was sucking on a Rolaids and a Tums or two
When I swear I heard it mew boys
And that is when I knew
Chorus2:
There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
I guess I gotta stop eatin' there at noon
They say that it's beef or fish or pork
But it's purring there on my fork
There's a hair ball on my fork
-opening riff-
