Sam the cat cat cat He knows where it's at Got a feather in his hat But he don't know where his hat is at! Did he leave it at the flat? Or at the laundrymat? O, "woe is me" is where that cat is at.
He's been searching high (he's a searching kind of guy) He'll find it by-and-by No, he won't let that hat matter lie. Sam is stinking mad. Best **** hat he's had! He wants his favorite feathered cat-hat back! No lie!
(The guy who stole his hat Is a stinkin' rat) He'll have to face up to the claws of Sam the cat cat cat, yeah, Sam the cat cat cat, mrowl! Sam the meanest big ol' fat cat Sam the Cat Cat Cat!
4x4 time, syncopated flat-top picking. A minor/E major. "Tom Waits on a bad day" voice.