Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats

song : jellicle songs for jellicle cats
artist : andrew lloyd webber

from the musical , cats

Em F F
are you blind when you’re born? can you see in the dark?
D Em Em
can you look at a king? would you sit on his throne?
Cmaj7 F7
can you say of your bite that it’s worse than your bark?
A#7 B7 E
are you cock of the walk when you’re walking alone?

E A B
because jellicles are and jellicles do
E A
jellicles do and jellicles would
B E
jellicles would and jellicles can
A B E
jellicles can and jellicles do
A B
jellicles can and jellicles do

Em F F
when you fall on your head , do you land on your feet?
D Em Em
are you tense when you sense there’s a storm in the air?
Cmaj7 F7
can you find your way blind when you’re lost in the street?
A#7 B7 E
do you know how to go to the heaviside layer?

E A B
because jellicles can and jellicles do
E A
jellicles do and jellicles can
B E
jellicles can and jellicles do
A B E
jellicles do and jellicles can
A B
jellicles can and jellicles do

Em F
can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
D Em
familiar with candle , with book and with bell?
Cmaj7 F7
were you whittington’s friend? the pied piper’s assistant?
A#7 B7 E C7
have you been an alumnus of heaven or hell?

F F/A A#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
C F
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
F/A A# C F
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
F/A A# C
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
F# F#/A# B
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
C#7 F# F#/A#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
B C#7 F#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
F#/A# B C#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats

Gm G#
can you sing at the same time in more than one key
G#/G F F7 Gm
duets by rossini and waltzes by strauss
F#maj7 G#7
and can you ( as cats do ) begin with A C
C# D7 G
that always triumphantly brings down the house

G C/G
jellicle cats are queen of the nights
G D7/G
singing at astronomical heights
G D/G
handling pieces from the messiah
G D
hallelujah , angelical choir

A# A#

A# A# F A#
the mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
F A# D# A# G#
round the cathedral rang “vivat!”
D# F
life to the everlasting cat!
A#m A#m7
feline , fearless , faithful and true
F7 F13
to others who do what

A# D# F/A#
jellicles do and jellicles can
A# D#/A#
jellicles can and jellicles do
F/A# A#
jellicle cats sing jellicle chants
D#/A# F/A# A#
jellicles old and jellicles new
D#/A# F/A#
jellicle songs and jellicle dance

B B/D# E
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
F#7 B B/D#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
E F#7 B
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
B/D# E F#7
jellicle songs for jellicle cats

Cm C#/C
practical cats , dramatical cats
A#/C Cm
pragmatical cats , fanatical cats
G#maj7 C#7
oratorical cats , delphioracle cats
F#7 G7 C
skeptical cats , dyspeptical cats
C Csus4
romantical cats , pedantical cats
C Csus4
critical cats , parasitical cats
C Csus4
allegorical cats , metaphorical cats
C
statistical cats and mystical cats
Csus4 C#
political cats , hypocritical cats
C#sus C#
clerical cats , hysterical cats
C#sus
cynical cats , rabbinical cats

D D/F# G9
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
A7 D D/F#
jellicle bells that jellicles ring
G9 A7 D
jellicle sharps and jellicle flats
D/F# G9 A7
jellicle songs that jellicles sing

D# D#/G G#9
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
A# D# D#/G
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
G#9 A# D#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
D#/G G#9
jellicle songs for jellicle cats
A# D# D#/G G#
jellicle songs for jellicle cats

D#m E
there’s a man over there with a look of surprise ,
C# D#m
as much as to say , “well now how about that!”
C7 E
do i actually see with my own very eyes
A A# D#
a man who’s not heard of a jellicle cat?
what’s a jellicle cat? what’s a jellicle cat?