EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT - Floyd Huddleston & Al Rinker

|Am / Am/G# / |Am7 / D7 / |F / / / |Am / E7 / |

[Am] Everybody [Am/G#] wants to be a [Am7] cat [D7]
Because a [F] cat's the only cat who [Am] knows where it's [E7] at
Tell me, [Am] everybody's [Am7/G#] pickin' up on that [Am7] feline [D7] beat
'Cause [F] everything [E7] else is obso[Am]lete

A [Dm] square with a [Dm/C#] horn makes you [F] wish you weren't [G7] born
Every [CMa7] time he plays
But with a [Bm7b5] square in the [E7] act you can [Bm7b5] set music [E7] back
To the [Am] cave man days [E7] cha-cha-ba-dum-bo-day

I've [Am] heard some corny [Am/G#] birds [Am7] who tried to [D7] sing
Still a [F] cat's the only cat who [Am] knows how to [E7] swing
Who [Am] wants to dig a [Am/G#] long haired gig or [Am7] stuff like [D7] that
When [F] everybody [E7] wants to be a [Am] cat?

A [Dm] square with a [Dm/C#] horn makes you [F] wish you weren't [G7] born
Every [CMa7] time he plays - a rinky-tinky
With a [Bm7b5] square in the [E7] act you can [Bm7b5] set music [E7] back
To the [Am] cave man days [E7] - a rinky-tinky-tinky
Yes, [Am] everybody [Am/G#] wants to be a [Am7] cat [D7]
Because a [F] cat's the only cat who [Am] knows where it's [E7] at
When [Am] playin' jazz you [Am/G#] always has a [Am7] welcome [D7] mat
'Cause [F] everybody [E7] digs a swinging [Am] cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody [E7] wants to be a [Am]
Everybody, everybody, everybody [E7] wants to be a [Am]
Everybody, everybody, everybody [E7] wants to be a [Am] cat