Lyr Add: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

Subject: Lyr Add: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
From: GUEST,PHJim
Date: 14 Feb 25 - 03:52 PM

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

Subject: ADD: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Feb 25 - 05:30 PM

Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
(Al Rinker / Floyd Huddleston)

Well, little lady, let me elucidate here

Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at

Tell me, everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
'Cause everything else is obsolete
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Every time he plays
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cave man days, cha-cha-ba-dum-bo-day

I've heard some corny birds who who tried to sing
Still a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing
Who wants to dig a long-haired gig or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Every time he plays
Oh, a rinky-tinky-tinky
With a square in the act you can set music back
To the cave man days
Oh, a rinky-tinky-tinky

Yes, everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at
When playin' jazz you always has a welcome mat
'Cause everybody digs a swinging cat
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat
Hallelujah!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat
Everybody, everybody

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Al Rinker / Floyd Huddleston
Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company

Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat · Scatman Crothers · Phil Harris · Thurl Ravenscroft · Liz English
Songs From The Aristocats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDJockBnjYs

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Feb 25 - 09:04 AM

I never saw this Disney film,
but the song lyrics sound terrific.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
From: Neil D
Date: 18 Feb 25 - 02:36 AM

Hot Club du Nax does a nice rendition of this song.