title: The Cat Came Backkey: Childrenharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: AnyAmerican folk songKey: Em-4 6 6 6 -6* -6*Now old Mis-ter John-son-6* 7 6 6 7 -6*Had trou-bles of his own-4 6 6 6 6 -6*He had a yel-low cat-6* 7 6 6 7 -8That would-n’t leave its home-8 -8 -8 -8 -7He tried and he tried-6* 7 6 6 7 -6*To give the cat a-way-4 6 6 6 6 -6*He gave it to a man-6*-6* 7 6 7 -6*Go-ing far, far a-way-4 -4 6 -8 -7 -6* 7 7 6 -6*But the cat came back the ver-y next day-4 6 -8 -7The cat came back-6* 7 7 6 6 -6*-6*They thought he was a gon-er-4 -4 6 -8 -7But the cat came back-6* 7 -6* 6 -6* -4 6It just could-n’t stay a-way