Phenomenal Cat
The Kinks
PHENOMENAL CAT (FLUTE PLAYS OVER:) A long long time ago in a land of idiot boys There lived the cat a phenomenal cat Who loved to wallow all day No one bothered him as he sat content in his tree He just lived to eat cos it kept him fat And that’s how he wanted to stay CHORUS #1: Though he was big and fat all the world was good to him And he pointed out on the map all the places he had been / / / Cowes Sardinia Katmandu The Scilly Isles and Sahara too Fum fum diddle-um di La la la la la-la la la La la la la la-la la la la La la la la-la la la CHORUS #2: Once when he was thin he had flown to old Hong Kong And had learned the secret of life and the sea and the sky beyond So he gave up his diet and sat in a tree And ate himself through eternity Fum fum diddle-um di La la la la la-la la la La la la la la-la la la la La la la la-la la la Fum fum diddle-um di Fum fum diddle-um di CHORDS: /: x x x 0 3 1 /: x x 3 2 3 1 /: x x 2 2 3 1 /: x 3 0 2 3 1 /: x 1 0 2 3 1 NOTE: The only difference with the previous version is the little intro. Of course you really need a flute to make it recognizable.