Biography:
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 - June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of orchestral and film music. He was noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements. His score to the 1997 film Titanic remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.
In addition, Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with acclaimed directors such as James Cameron and Ron Howard.
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There Are No Cats In America
-James Horner
--From the movie, An American Tail
PAPA MOUSEKEWITZ:
Cm Dm*
Our family was traveling
Cm Gm
Through the snow to Minsk
Cm Dm*
Suddenly Papa
Cm Gm
Saw those huge paw prints
G# Gm
When I heard him screaming
F Gm
I fainted dead away
G# D#m
And I woke up an orphan
(no chord)
Oy vey
But...
ALL:
But!
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F - Dsus4 - C
So set your mind at ease
ITALIAN MOUSE:
Ma la cosa terrible
Que esiste in la patria mia
If you think things were bad in Russia
You should see things in my country:
C G
The times were hard in Sicily
G# G
We had no provolone
F D#
The Don he was a tabby
D G
With a taste for my brother Tony
C G
When Mama went to plead for him
G# G
The Don said he would see her
F D#
We found her rosary on the ground
(no chord)
Poor Mama mia
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F - Dsus4 - C
So set your mind at ease
IRISH MOUSE:
Sure that’s sad, but sadder still...
Gm Cm
When I was but a lad
Dm Cm
I lost my true love fair
Gm A# Gsus4 Gm
A calico, he caught us by surprise
Cm Gm
In a flash of teeth and fur
D# G#
Her tail was all he left of her
D#5
'Neath the heather
D5 Cm -- A# -- Cm -
Is where it tirra-lirra lies
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G - A
But there are no cats in America
E7 Dsus2 C
That is why, we sail, these seas
Dm* = xxx031
-James Horner
--From the movie, An American Tail
PAPA MOUSEKEWITZ:
Cm Dm*
Our family was traveling
Cm Gm
Through the snow to Minsk
Cm Dm*
Suddenly Papa
Cm Gm
Saw those huge paw prints
G# Gm
When I heard him screaming
F Gm
I fainted dead away
G# D#m
And I woke up an orphan
(no chord)
Oy vey
But...
ALL:
But!
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F - Dsus4 - C
So set your mind at ease
ITALIAN MOUSE:
Ma la cosa terrible
Que esiste in la patria mia
If you think things were bad in Russia
You should see things in my country:
C G
The times were hard in Sicily
G# G
We had no provolone
F D#
The Don he was a tabby
D G
With a taste for my brother Tony
C G
When Mama went to plead for him
G# G
The Don said he would see her
F D#
We found her rosary on the ground
(no chord)
Poor Mama mia
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F - Dsus4 - C
So set your mind at ease
IRISH MOUSE:
Sure that’s sad, but sadder still...
Gm Cm
When I was but a lad
Dm Cm
I lost my true love fair
Gm A# Gsus4 Gm
A calico, he caught us by surprise
Cm Gm
In a flash of teeth and fur
D# G#
Her tail was all he left of her
D#5
'Neath the heather
D5 Cm -- A# -- Cm -
Is where it tirra-lirra lies
But...
ALL:
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
Oh there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G
But there are no cats in America
F G
And the streets are paved with cheese
C G - A
But there are no cats in America
E7 Dsus2 C
That is why, we sail, these seas
Dm* = xxx031
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