Misc Musicals – Cats - Old Deuteronomy (Guitar)

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[Verse 1] (Munkustrap)
                               Fm
Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time

       G                      Dm
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession

       Am        Bm          C         D
He was famous in Proverb and famous in rhyme

  Bb            D            G
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession
[Verse 2] (Rum Tum Tugger)
                              Fm
Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives

    G                       Dm
And more -- I am tempted to say ninety-nine

        Am       Bm      C            D
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives

        Bb         D            G
And the village is proud of him in his decline
[Pre-Chorus] (Munkustrap)
                                      D
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy

        G                      Gm
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall

    D      Db         Bb
The oldest inhabitant croaks
[Chorus] (Munkustrap & Rum Tum Tugger)
D         G                     Fm
"Well, of all things, can it be really?

G                      Dm
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!

   Am          Bm        C        D
My mind may be wandering but I confess

  Bb            D         G
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!"
[Chorus] (Company)
C         G                     Fm
"Well, of all things, can it be really?

G                      Dm
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!

   Am          Bm        C        D
My mind may be wandering but I confess

  Bb            D         G
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!
[Chorus] (Company)
D                               Bbm
"Well, of all things, can it be really?

C                      Gm
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!

   Dm          Em        F        G
My mind may be wandering but I confess

  Eb            G         C
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!

                                Bbm
"Well, of all things, can it be really?

C                      Gm
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!
[Outro] (Old Deuteronomy)
   Dm          Em       F         G
My legs may be tottery, I must go slow

       Eb         G         C
And be careful of Old Deuteronomy