MORPH THE CAT
transcription and chart
Peter kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com
The intro and the first two verses can be played as the
following as tabbed-which may require a certain degree
of co-ordination, or the use of a sequencer to record
the bass line. Throughout the verses it could be played
with the Em and Dm chords over a G bass..or simply with
just a G7 or G9 throughout ( as would be the case in most
commercially released sheet music.) And with any format
such as this, it is recommended one initially play along
with the recording a few times
in order to get the timing down.
repeated bass figure played throughout intro, verses and solo's.
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-----5-----7--5--------7--5----------5-7-8-7-5-5-----789 ...........
-----------------5-----------5--5-5----------------------
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(G7no3)N.C.
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
continue similie with lyrics:
High above Manhattan town
What floats and has a shape like that
Fans like us who watch the skies
We know it's the Morph the Cat
Gliding like a big blue cloud
From Tomkins Square to Upper Broadway
Beyond the park to Sugar Hill
Stops a minute for latte'
[Em7]
He oozes down the heating duct
Swims like seaweed down the hall
He briefly digs your wiggy pad
And seeps out through the wall
[Cm6/D] [Gmaj7/D] [D9] [Em/D]
Kind of like an arc tic mind bath
[Cm6/D] [D7] [Em7/D] [D7] [Em7]
Cool and sweet and slight ly rough
[G/C] [D9] [G7/D] [E7sus4] [Am/D]
Li quid light on New York Ci ty
[A9/C#] [Dadd9] [D] [B7+5+9] [C9]
Chris tmas with out the chintzy stuff
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
continue simile with lyrics:
What exactly does he want
This Rabelasian puff of smoke
To make you feel all warm and cozy
Like you heard a good joke
Like you heard an Arlen tune
Or bought yourself a crazy hat
Like you had a Mango Cooler
Ooh- Morph the Cat
[Em7]
He's all the talk in shops and schoolyards
Sutton Place - the Automat
Players playin' in da Bronx
Respect to Morph the Cat
[Cm6/D] [Gmaj7/D] [D9] [Em/D]
Kind of like an arc tic mind bath
[Cm6/D] [D7] [Em7/D] [D7] [Em7]
Cool and sweet and slight ly rough
[G/C] [D9] [G7/D] [E7sus4] [Am/D]
Li quid light on New York Ci ty
[A9/C#] [Dadd9] [D] [B7+5+9] [C9]
Chris tmas with out the chint zy stuff
[Am7/D] [D7] [Am7/D]
So rich is his char isma
[Cmaj7]
You can almost hear it sing
[F#m7/B] [B7]
He skims the roofs
[F#m7/B] [Em] [F#m/E] [Em] [F#m/E] [Em]
And bells begin to sing..
[F#m/E] [Em] [F#m/E] [Em] [F#m/E] [Em] [F#m/E] [Em] [Cmaj7] [Eb/Gb] [F#m7/B]
.as verse,guitar with muted trumpet,
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[Em7]
Chi nese cashiers can feel it now
Grand old gals at evening mass
Young racketeers
And teenage models
Laughing on the grass
[Cm6/D] [Gmaj7/D] [D9] [Em/D]
Bles sed Yan kees have an ally
[Cm6/D] [Em7/D] [D7] [Em7]
When this fe line comes to bat
[G/C] [D9] [G7/D] [E7sus4] [Am/D]
Brin ging joy to old Man hat tan
[A9/C#] [Dadd9] [D] [B7+5+9] [C9]
All watch the skies for Morph the Cat
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [G7] ( no3 ) [Em] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
repeat and fade
