Brian Setzer

Everybody Wants To Be a Cat

Brian Setzer


Tom: E

Intro:C#m7  Ab7 A7

C#m7       Ab7            C#m7
Everybody wants to be a cat,
           A7
Because a cat's the only cat
     Ab7              C#m7
Who knows where it's at.
C#m7           Ab7               C#m7      A7
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat,
                              C#m7
'Cause everything else is obsolete.

CHORUS
      F#m          F#m/F           F#m/E          B7
Now a square with a horn, makes you wish you weren't born,
     E
Ever'time he plays;
            D#°           Ab7        D#°        A7
And with a square in the act, He can set music back 
        C#m7 D#° Ab7
To the caveman days.

      C#m7             Ab7                C#m7
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
      A7                      Ab7          C#m7
But a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing.

    C#m7         Ab7                  C#m7           A7
Who wants to dig Along-haired gig or stuff like that?
                         Ab7 C#m7
When everybody wants to be a cat.

(SOLO)

CHORUS

 C#m7     Ab7           C#m7
Everybody wants to be a cat,
           A7
Because a cat's the only cat
     Ab7             C#m7
Who knows where it's at;
      C#m7             Ab7            C#m7       A7
While playin' jazz you always have a welcome mat,
                        Ab7      C#m7
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
                      C#m C#m9
Everybody wants to be cat.

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