The Cat Came Back (hi-lo)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE CAT CAME BACK hi-lo
American folk song
Key: Em

 2  -3” -3” -3”  -3  -3
 5  -6  -6  -6   -7  -7
Now old Mis-ter John-son 

-3   4    -3” -3” 4  -3
-7   7    -6  -6  7  -7
Had trou-bles of his own 

2  -3”-3”-3” -3” -3
5  -6 -6 -6  -6  -7
He had a yel-low cat 

 -3    4   -3”  -3”   4   5
 -7    7   -6   -6    7   8
That would-n’t leave its home 

5    5    5  5   -4
8    8    8  8   -8
He tried and he tried 

-4  5   -3” -3” 4 -3
-7  7   -6  -6  7 -7
To give the cat a-way 

2   -3” -3”-3”-3”-3
5   -6  -6 -6 -6 -7
He gave it to a man

-3 -3   4   -3” 4 -3
-7 -7   7   -6  7 -7
Go-ing far, far a-way


 2   2  -3”  5    -4  -3   4  4  -3” -3
 5   5  -6   8    -8  -7   7  7  -6  -7
But the cat came back the ver-y next day 

 2  -3”  5    -4
 5  -6   8    -8
The cat came back 

 -3     4    4  -3”-3”-3  -3
 -7     7    7  -6 -6 -7  -7
They thought he was a gon-er 

 2   2  -3”  5    -4
 5   5  -6   8    -8
But the cat came back 

-3  4    -3   -3”  -3  2 -3”
-7  7    -7   -6   -7  5 -6
It just could-n’t stay a-way

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound