Macavity: The Mystery Cat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][Am][C][D][F#dim][D][A][D][A][Am]
Macavity's [C]a mystery cat, he's

[Verse 1]
[D]
called the hidden [Ebdim]paw
[E]For he'[Am]s the master cri[C]minal
who [D]can defy the law
[Ebdim]He's the [E]bafflemen[Am]t of Scotland [G]Yard,
the Fly[F#dim]ing Squad's despair[F]
For [E]when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not [Am]there![C][Ebdim][F#dim]
[F#m][F#dim][Ebdim][C][Am][C][Am][C][E]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
[C]
Macavity, Macavity, there's [D]no
one [Ebdim]like Macavity
He's [Am]broken every [C]human law,
he [D]breaks the law of [Ebdim]gravity
His [Am]powers of lev[C]itation would
[D]make a fakir [Eb]stare
[Ebdim]But when you reach the[D] scene of
[F]crime [E]Macavity's not there!
[Am]You may [Cdim]seek him in the basement,
you may look up in the air
But I [Am]tell you once and once [D]again[E]
Macavity's not [Am]there!
Macavity's a ginger [C]cat, he's

[Verse 3]
[D]
very tall and [Ebdim]thin
[E]You would kno[Am]w him if you saw[C]
him for his [D]eyes are [Ebdim]sunked in
[E]His bro[Am]w is deeply lin[A]ed with thought,
his [Am]head is highly domed
[A]His coa[D]t is dusty from neglect,
his whiskers are uncombed
[E]He sways his [F#m]head from s[F#dim]ide to side[E]
with movements like a snake
[Ebdim]And when you [E]think he's half asle[Bb]ep,[D]
[E]he's [Am]always wide [C]awake

[Verse 4]
[D]Macavity, Macavity, there's
no one [Ebdim]like Macavity
For [Am]he's a fiend in [C]feline shape,
a [D]monster of de[Ebdim]pravity
You may [Am]meet him in a [C]by- [Am]street,
you may [D]see him in [Ebdim]the square
But [E]when [D]a crime's discovered then
[E]Macavity's not the[D]re!

[Verse 5]
[C]He's out[Ebdim]wardly re[F#dim] spectabl[F#m]e,[F#dim]
[Ebdim]I know he[C] ch[Am]eats at card[E]s[G]
[Am]And his [C]footprin[Eb]ts are n[F#dim]ot found[F#m] in[Ebm]
[C]any[Am] files of Scotlan[E]d Yard[D]'s[Am]
[E]And whe[Cdim]n the larde[F#dim]r's looted
[Cdim]or the jewel case is rifled
Or when the milk is missing or an
[F#dim]other peke's been sti[E]fled
Or the [Am]greenhouse glass [G]is broken
[Gsus4]and the trellis p[F#dim]ast repair
[F]The[Am]re's the wonder of [C]the thi[Am]ng Mac[A]avi[D]ty's not
[A]there![E]

[Verse 6]
[Am][F#dim]
Macavity, Macavity, there's [D]no
one [Ebdim]like Macavity
There [Am]never was a [F#dim]cat of such
de[D]ceitfulness and [Ebdim]suavity
He [Am]always has [C]an alib[Am] i and
[F#dim]one or two to spare[F]
What ever [E]time the [Am]deed took
[F]place Macavity's not [Am]there!

[Verse 7]
And they say that [Cdim]all the cats[Ebdim] whose
[Cdim]wicked deeds are widely [F#dim]known
I might [D]mention [G]Mungojerrie, I might
[C]mention [E]Griddlebone
Are [Am]nothing more than [G]agents for the
[F#dim]cat who all the time[Fdim]
Just con[E]trols the operations: the Napolean of
[E]cri[Am]me![C]

[Verse 8]
[D]Macavity, Macavity, there's
no one like [Am]Macavity
He's a fiend in [C]feline shape,
a [D]monster of de[Ebdim]pravity
You may [Am]meet him in a by- street,
you may [F#dim]see him in the s[F]quare
But [E]when a crime's dis[Am]covered
[E]then Macavity
[F]Macavity, Macav[Bb] ity,[E] Macavity

[Verse 9]
[Am]When[Gsus4][F#dim][F]
a crime's
discovered then Macavity's not there!