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SONG: Gus: The Theatre Cat ARTIST: Andrew Lloyd Webber From the musical, Cats D (4 bars)

^Gmaj7Gus is the ^D/F#Cat at the ^F#7Theatre ^BmDoor His ^Em7name as I ^Aought to have ^Dsus2told you be^Dfore Is ^Gmaj7really As^D/F#paragus, but ^F#7that's such a ^Bmfuss G -- F#m7--Em9--G/A G D To pronounce that we usually call him just Gus

His ^Gmaj7coat's very ^D/F#shabby. He's ^F#7thin as a ^Bmrake And he ^Em7suffers from ^Apalsy that ^Dsus2makes his paw s^Dhake Yet he ^Gmaj7was in his ^D/F#youth quite the ^F#7smartest of ^Bmcats G--F#m7--Em9--G/A G D 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 when^Gever 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 re^Agale them if ^Dsus2someone else ^Dpays With ^Em7anecdotes ^Adrawn from his ^Dsus2palmiest ^Ddays For he ^Gonce was a ^D/F#star of the ^Em7highest de^D/F#gree He has ^Gacted with ^D/F#Irving, he's ^F#7acted with ^BmTree And he ^Glikes to re^D/F#late his suc^Em7cess on the ^D/F#halls Where the ^Ggallery ^D/F#once gave him ^F#7seven cat^Bmcalls

G-- F#m7--Em9--G/A Bm Bm But his grandest creation as he loves to tell Em7--F#m7--Gmaj7--G/A Csus2 G D Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell

"I have ^Gmaj7played, in my ^D/F#time, every ^F#7possible ^Bmpart And I ^Em7used to know ^Aseventy ^Dsus2speeches by ^Dheart I'd ex^Gmaj7temporize ^D/F#backchat. I ^F#7knew how to ^Bmgag G -- F#m7--Em9--G/A G D And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag I ^Gmaj7knew how to ^D/F#act with my ^F#7back and my ^Bmtail With an ^Em7hour of re^Ahearsal, I ^Dsus2never could ^Dfail I'd a ^Gmaj7voice that would ^D/F#soften the ^F#7hardest of ^Bmhearts Whether ^GI

t^F#m7ook

t^Em9he

l^G/Aead, or in ^Gcharacter ^Dparts

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 under^D/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 D D D

Then if ^Dsomeone will ^C#/Agive him a ^Dtoothful of ^Dgin He will ^A7sus/Etell how he ^A7once played a ^Dpart in East ^DLynne At a ^DShakespeare per^C#/Aformance he ^Donce walked on ^Dpat When some ^Dactor sug^Agested 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 Vic^F#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 him^Dsus2self with his ^Dclaws "Well, the ^Em7theatre is ^Acertainly ^Dsus2not what it ^Dwas These ^Gmodern pro^D/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

As ^Em7Fir

f^F#m7rore

i^Gmaj6ddle,

^G/Athe ^Csus2Fiend of the ^GFell"

D (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 . . ."

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