Morph The Cat

The intro and the first two verses can be played as the
following as tabbed-which may require a certain degree
of co-ordination, or the use of a sequencer to record
the bass line. Throughout the verses it could be played
with the Em and Dm chords over a G bass..or simply with
just a G7 or G9 throughout ( as would be the case in most
commercially released sheet music.) And with any format
such as this, it is recommended one initially play along
with the recording a few times
in order to get the timing down.

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line

chord in bracket played on guitar

bass:
g2       a g d      a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b....


 g2        a g d      a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b....
(G7no3)N.C.

add elec piano:
       g3    f     g       f   f                    g   f    g   f
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
g2        a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g         a bb b.....


       g3    f     g       f   f                 g   f    g   f
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
g2        a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g          a bb b.....

continue similie with lyrics:

High above Manhattan town
What floats and has a shape like that
Fans like us who watch the skies
We know it's the Morph the Cat

Gliding like a big blue cloud
From Tomkins Square to Upper Broadway
Beyond the park to Sugar Hill
Stops a minute for latte'

   Em7
He oozes down the heating duct
Swims like seaweed down the hall
He briefly digs your wiggy pad
And seeps out through the wall

c5    c   b4   b    a     a    g     g
Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9         Em/D
Kind  of  like an   arc   tic  mind  bath

c5    d   b     b   a      a   g
D7-9  D7  Em7/D     D7         Em7
Cool  and sweet and slight  ly rough

d5   d   c     c  b4   b   a      a
G/C      D9       G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Li  quid light on New York Ci     ty


A9/C#             Dadd9 D   B7+9+5  C13
Chris tmas  with  out   the chintzy stuff


       g3    f     g       f   f              g   f    f    d
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7)Em   Dm   Em  Dm
 g2          a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b.....


continue simile with lyrics:
What exactly does he want
This Rabelasian puff of smoke
To make you feel all warm and cozy
Like you heard a good joke

Like you heard an Arlen tune
Or bought yourself a crazy hat
Like you had a Mango Cooler
Ooh- Morph the Cat

     Em7
He's all the talk in shops and schoolyards
Sutton Place - the Automat
Players playin' in da Bronx
Respect to Morph the Cat

c5    c   b4   b    a     a    g     g
Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9         Em/D
Kind  of  like an   arc   tic  mind  bath

c5    d   b     b   a      a   g
D7-9  D7  Em7/D     D7         Em7
Cool  and sweet and slight  ly rough

d5   d   c     c  b4   b   a      a
G/C      D9       G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Li  quid light on New York Ci     ty

A9/C#                Dadd9 D  B7+9+5  C13
Chris tmas  with  out  the chintzy  stuff

   Am7/D   D7       Am7/D
So rich is his char isma

                       Cmaj7
You can almost hear it sing

   F#m7/B    B7
He skims the roofs
                          a4     g    a      g
    F#m7/B         Em    F#m/E   Em   F#m/E  Em
And bells begin to sing..

a       g   a       g    a      g    a      g    g     g     f#
F#m/E  Em   F#m/E   Em   F#m/E  Em   F#m/E  Em Cmaj7  Eb/Gb  F#m7/B

.as verse,guitar with muted trumpet,
       g3    f     g       f   f                       g   f    f    d
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)      Em   Dm   Em  Dm
g2           a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b....


        g3    f     g      f   f                  g   f    f    d
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
 g2           a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b.....

        g3    f     g      f   f                      g   f    f    d
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
 g2           a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g       a bb b.....

        g3    f     g      f   f                  g   f    f    d
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
 g2        a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g    a bb b.....
    Em7
Chi nese cashiers can feel it now
Grand old gals at evening mass
Young racketeers
And teenage models
Laughing on the grass

c5    c   b4   b    a     a    g     g
Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9       Em/D
Bles sed  Yan  kees have  an ally

c5    d    b     b    a     a   g
D7-9  D7   Em7/D      D7        Em7
When  this fe    line comes to  bat

d5    d   c   c  b4   b   a      a
G/C       D9     G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Brin ging joy to old  Man hat    tan

A9/C#           Dadd9 D   B7+9+5  C13
All watch the skies for Morph the Cat


sax, muted trumpets, guitars

        g3    f     g      f   f                   g   f    f    d
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3) Em  Dm   Em  Dm
 g2           a g d    a g d d  d g a bb a g g         a bb b....
repeat and fade

transcription and chart
Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca