Macavity The Mystery Cat Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 MacCmavity's a CmmysD♯tery cat, he's F7called the hidden paG7w

 For Cmhe's the master CmcriD♯minal who F7can defy the law

G7 -- Cm - Cm7/A♯ - F7/A - G♯7

He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair

For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!

 MacCmavity, MacCmaviD♯ty, there's F7no one like MacD7/F♯avity

 He's Cmbroken every CmhumD♯an law, he F7breaks the law of D7/F♯gravity

 His Cmpowers of leviCmtatD♯ion would F7make a fakir starF♯e

But when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!

You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air

 But I tell you once and once again Macavity's not thereG7!

 MacCmavity's a CmginD♯ger cat, he's Fvery tall and thin

G7 -- Cm - Cm/D♯ - F - G7

You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in

His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed

His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed

He sways his head from side to side with movements like a snake

And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake

 MacCmavity, MacCmaviD♯ty, there's F7no one like MacD7/F♯avity

 For Cmhe's a fiend in CmfelD♯ine shape, a F7monster of deD7pravity

 You may Cmmeet him in a Cmby-D♯street, you may F7see him in the F♯square

But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!

He's outwardly respectable, I know he cheats at cards

And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's

And when the larder's looted or the jewel case is rifled

Or when the milk is missing or another peke's been stifled

 Or the Cmgreenhouse glass is Cm7brokA♯en and the F7treAllis past G♯7repair

There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there!

 MacCmavity, MacCmaviD♯ty, there's F7no one like MacD7/F♯avity

 There Cmnever was a CmcatD♯ of such deF7ceitfulness and D7suavity

 He Cmalways has an CmaliD♯bi and F7one or two to F♯spare

What ever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't there!

And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray

Or the Admiralty lose some plans or drawings by the way

And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:

"It must have been Macavity!" but he's a mile away!

 You'll be Cmsure to find CmhimA♯ resting or aF7licAking of his G♯7thumbs,

or engaged in doing complicated long division sums

 MacCmavity, MacCmaviD♯ty, there's F7no one like MacD7/F♯avity

 There Cmnever was a CmcatD♯ of such deF7ceitfulness and D7suavity

 He Cmalways has an CmaliD♯bi and F7one or two to F♯spare

What ever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't there!

And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known

(I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Griddlebone)

 Are Cmnothing more than CmageA♯nts for the F7catA who all the G♯7time

 Just controls the operations: the Napoleon of crime!G7

 MacCmavity, MacCmaviD♯ty, there's F7no one like MacD7/F♯avity

 For Cmhe's a fiend in CmfelD♯ine shape, a F7monster of deD7pravity

 You may Cmmeet him in a Cmby-D♯street, you may F7see him in the F♯square

But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!

When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!