Verse 1
[Am] [G] [B]
Everybody wants to be a cat
[Am]
Because a cat's the only cat
[G] [B]
Who knows where it's at
[Am] [G] [B]
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
[G] [Am]
Cause everything is obsolete
Chorus
[Dm]
Now a square with a horn
[Dm]
Can make you wish you weren't born
[G] [B]
Every time he plays
[Am] [G]
But with a square in the act
[D]
You can set music back
[Am] [B]
To the caveman days
Bridge
[Am] [G] [B]
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
[Am] [G]
Still a cat's the only cat
[G]
Who knows how to swing
[B]
Who wants to dig
[B]
A long-haired gig
[Am]
Or stuff like that
Chorus
[Am] [G] [B]
When everybody wants to be a cat
[Dm]
A square with that horn
[Dm]
Makes you wish you weren't born
[G] [B]
Every time he plays
[Am] [G]
With a square in the act
[D]
You can set music back
[Am] [B]
To the caveman days
Verse 3
[Am] [G] [B]
Yes, everybody wants to be a cat
[Am] [G]
Because a cat's the only cat
[G] [B]
Who knows where it's at
[Am] [B] [G] [D]
While playing jazz you always has a Welcome mat
Outro
[D] [B] [Am]
Cause everybody digs a swinging cat
[Am] [B] [G] [B]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be cat
[B] [Am]
Sing Hallelujah
[Am] [B] [G] [B]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be cat
[Am] [B] [G] [B]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be cat
[Am] [B] [G] [B]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be cat
[Am] [B] [G] [B]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be cat
(Fade out)
