Boy Who Turned Into A Cat chords and lyrics - LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

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[Verse 1]
[F]There was an old man, [C]old man, [F]old man,
There was an old man
who [C]had grown so [F]old.
He walked around limping,
[C]limping, [F]limping,
He walked around limping
with [C]his crooked [F]leg.
There was a young man,
[C]young boy, [F]young boy.
There was a young boy,
[C]too naughty for [F]words.
He laughed at the old man,
[C]old man, [F]old man.
He laughed at the old man
till he [C]turned into a [F]cat.
Have you ever noticed
how [C]very different each one of [F]us is?
In the way we look, the way we talk,
walk, [C]laugh and [F]sing?
These differences
are the things
that make each and
[C]every one of us so special.
[F]Well, some people
don't realize that.
Once there was a young boy
who lived with his mother and father
in a small town.
The [C]boy was very, [F]very naughty,
naughtier than anyone you've ever seen.
[C]If he saw [F]someone with cross eyes
or a very short upper lip,
he would laugh at them.
He [C]would laugh until the other person
[F]got embarrassed or angry or so upset
that they burst out [C]crying.
[F]One day he saw a girl
with only two fingers
on one hand.
[C]The boy laughed [F]so much
that he could not
even eat his supper that night.
His [C]parents told him [F]over and over
that it was not right to laugh at other
people
just because [C]they are different.
[F]They told him that everyone is special
and beautiful in their [C]own [F]way.
Do you think the naughty
naughty boy
listened to them?
No, [C]he continued laughing [F]at other people.
til one afternoon he was walking with
his [C]mother
to the train [F]station,
when he saw an old man
with one short, [C]crooked leg.
The old [F]man carried a bag
and he was rushing for the train.
The boy [C]thought he looked very funny,
[F]as he tried to run to catch the train.
The boy laughed [C]and laughed.
[F]He rolled on the platform
holding his stomach, Ha!
[C]Pour it together old man.
[F]And he loved some more!
His [C]mother was embarrassed.
Other [F]people at the
station were shocked.
Well, well what do you know?
[C]Right there in [F]front of everybody
the boy turned into a cat.
[C]Yes, a big, [F]fat,
brown and ugly cat with five legs.
And [C]his eyes were a dirty [F]green.
His ears were long
and there were fingers growing
at [C]the top of them.
[F]He was a horrible looking cat
and no one wanted anything
to do with [C]him.
Embarrassed [F]and sad,
the big, fat,
brown cat with five legs [C]ran away.
His dirty [F]green eyes filled with tears
and the fingers at the end
of his ears were [C]waving goodbye.
[F]His mother was very sad.
[C]After some months,
[F]people say that his heart
changed a lot.
Eventually,
he changed back into his old body
and went home to his family.
He became [C]very nice to [F]everyone,
no matter how different they looked.
If he [C]saw a crooked old per[F]son
carrying big bags
trying to catch a bus,
he went and offered to [C]help them.
[F]When he saw other children fighting,
he went and talked them
into being friends [C]again.
[F]But he was especially nice
to funny -looking cats
[C]on the roadside.[F]
[C][F]
Se þi kexa, i [C]kexa, i [F]kexa
Wali se þi kexa, wapendu [C]gi ka [F]tili