Biography:
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician. By the age of 8 he was singing and dancing and playing drums. His recording career included stints with Slim Gaillard, and a solo stint signed to Capitol.
Crothers got the name Scatman when he auditioned for a radio show in 1932 at the former WSMK (now WING) in Dayton, Ohio. The director didn't think his given name was catchy enough
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Note:
1 play Adom9 with out picking the g string like this
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2 AmM7: 0
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Intro:
Em Gaug G Adom9 Cmaj7 D9 Em/ Gmaj7 /Em
Main:
Em Gaug G/Adom9
Everybody wants to be a cat
Cmaj7 D9
because a cat's the only cat
C7 B7
who knows where it's at
Em Gaug G Adom9
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
Cmaj7 D9 Em/Gmaj7/Em
cause everything else is obsolete
Chorus:
Am AmM7
Now a square with a horn
Gsus2 F#dim
can make you wish you weren't born
G (slide G one fret and back)
ever'time he plays
B7 (slide B7 one fret and back)
and with a square in the act
B7
he can set music back
Em Am B7 Cmaj7 B7
to the cave-man days
Em Gaug G/Adom9
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
Cmaj7 D9
but a cat's the only cat
C7 B7
who knows how to swing
Em Gaug G Adom9
Who wants to diga long-haired gig or stuff like that
Cmaj7 D9 Em/Gmaj7/Em
When everybody wants to be a cat
Chorus:
Am AmM7
Now a square with a horn
Gsus2 F#dim
can make you wish you weren't born
G (slide G one fret and back)
ever'time he plays
B7 (slide B7 one fret and back)
and with a square in the act
B7
he can set music back
Em Am B7 Cmaj7 B7
to the cave-man days
Em Gaug G/Adom9
Everybody wants to be a cat
Cmaj7 D9
because a cat's the only cat
C7 B7
who knows where it's at
Em Gaug G Adom9
while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat
Cmaj7 D9 Em/Gmaj7/Em
cause everybody digs a swingin' cat
Am6 Em Gmaj7 Em
Everybody digs a swingin' cat
Schuyler Fisk
Scissor Sisters
Scorpions
Scott Cawthon
Scott Cooley