Weird Al Yankovic – Cats In The Kettle (Guitar Tab)

Words by Weird Al Yankovic music by Harry Chapin

opening riff
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A C Did you ever think when you eat Chinese D A It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese A C But the food tastes great so you don't complain D A But that's not chicken in your chicken chow mein G G/F# G/E Seems to me I ordered sweet and sour pork G/D C Em/B A But Garfield's on my fork C Em/B A He's purring here on my fork Chorus: A G There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon C D The place that I eat every day at noon A G C They can feed you cat and you'll never know Em/B A C Once they wrap it up in dough boys C Em/B A Wrap it up crisp in dough -opening riff- Chow Lin asked if I wanted more As he's dialing up his buddy at the old pet store I said not today I lost my appetite There's two cats in my belly and they want to fight I was sucking on a Rolaids and a Tums or two When I swear I heard it mew boys And that is when I knew Chorus2: There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon I guess I gotta stop eatin' there at noon They say that it's beef or fish or pork But it's purring there on my fork There's a hair ball on my fork -opening riff-