Gus The Theatre Cat Chords

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G7MGus is the D/F♯Cat at the F♯7Theatre BmDoor

 His Em7name as I Aought to have Dsus2told you beDfore

 Is G7Mreally AsD/F♯paragus, but F♯7that's such a Bmfuss

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To pronounce that we usually call him just Gus

 His G7Mcoat's very D/F♯shabby. He's F♯7thin as a Bmrake

 And he Em7suffers from Apalsy that Dsus2makes his paw sDhake

 Yet he G7Mwas in his D/F♯youth quite the F♯7smartest of Bmcats

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But no longer a terror to mice and to rats

 For he Gisn't the D/F♯cat that he Em7was in his D/F♯prime

 Though his Gname was quite Dfamous, he F♯7says, in his Bmtime

 And whenGever he D/F♯joins his Em7friends at their D/F♯club

 (Which takes Gplace at the Dback of the F♯7neighbouring Bmpub)

 He Em7loves to reAgale them if Dsus2someone else Dpays

 With Em7anecdotes Adrawn from his Dsus2palmiest Ddays

 For he Gonce was a D/F♯star of the Em7highest deD/F♯gree

 He has Gacted with D/F♯Irving, he's F♯7acted with BmTree

 And he Glikes to reD/F♯late his sucEm7cess on the D/F♯halls

 Where the Ggallery D/F♯once gave him F♯7seven catBmcalls

G-- F♯m7--Em9--G/A Bm Bm

But his grandest creation as he loves to tell

Em7--F♯m7--G7M--G/A Csus2 G D

Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell

 "I have G7Mplayed, in my D/F♯time, every F♯7possible Bmpart

 And I Em7used to know Aseventy Dsus2speeches by Dheart

 I'd exG7Mtemporize D/F♯backchat. I F♯7knew how to Bmgag

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And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag

 I G7Mknew how to D/F♯act with my F♯7back and my Bmtail

 With an Em7hour of reAhearsal, I Dsus2never could Dfail

 I'd a G7Mvoice that would D/F♯soften the F♯7hardest of Bmhearts

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Whether I took the lead, or in character parts

 I have Gsat by the D/F♯bedside of Em7poor little D/F♯Nell

 When the Gcurfew was D/F♯rung then I F♯7swung on the Bmbell

 In the Gpantomime D/F♯season I Em7never fell D/F♯flat

 And I Gonce underD/F♯studied Dick F♯7Whittington's Bmcat

G-- F#m7--Em9--G/A Bm Bm

But my grandest creation as history will tell

Em7--F#m7--Gmaj7--G/A Csus2 G/B D

Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell

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 Then if Dsomeone will C♯givAe him a Dtoothful of Dgin

 He will A7sus4tell hoEw he oA7nce played a pDart in East LDynne

 At a DShakespeare perC♯forAmance he Donce walked on Dpat

 When some Dactor sugAgested the E7need for a Acat

 "And I Gsay now these D/F♯kittens, they Em7do not get D/F♯trained

 As we Gdid in the D/F♯days when VicF♯7toria Bmreigned

 They Gnever get D/F♯drilled in a Em7regular D/F♯troupe

 And they Gthink they are D/F♯smart just to F♯7jump through a Bmhoop"

 And he Em7says as he Ascratches himDsus2self with his Dclaws

 "Well, the Em7theatre is Acertainly Dsus2not what it Dwas

 These Gmodern proD/F♯ductions are Emall very D/F♯well

 But there's Gnothing to D/F♯equal from F♯7what I hear Btell

G--F#m7--Em9--G/A Bm Bm

That moment of mystery when I made history

Em7--F#m7--Gmaj6-G/A Csus2 G

As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell"

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(Reprise)

"I once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire

To rescue a child when a house was on fire

And I think that I still can much better than most

Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the ghost

And I once played Growltiger

Could do it again

Could do it again

Could do it again . . ."