Nobody's Moggy Lands
Words by Bob Kanefsky © 1989-05-29
TTTO No Man's Land by Eric Bogle


      D                  G         Em
Well, how do you do, old Moggy the Cat?
       A                        D        A
I just noticed you landed where I almost sat.
       D                    G          Em
Do you mind if I push you a bit to the side?
          A                      G              D
I've been driving all day on the road where you died.
            D                            Em
You've been squashed like some butterfly pressed between glass.
         A7                      D          A
Were you hit by a truck that was moving too fast?
       D                       Em
Did he slam on the brake as he saw you go past?
    A                     G           D
Or, Moggy the Cat, did he step on the gas?


Chorus (after every verse):
	       A
	Did he honk the horn loudly?
	        G                 D
	Did you stand your ground proudly?
	      A                          G               D
	Did a shadow fall o'er ya as the truck mowed you down?
	         G                          A
	Did your eyes glow in that fleeting darkness?
	        D              G               D
	Did the birds come and pick at your carcass?

    D                    G             Em
The ground squirrels and mice all seem happy to day.
    A                       D            A
The butterflies frolic; the hummingbirds play.
  D                         G        Em
A mockingbird sits there composing a dirge,
        A                     G         D
'Til he finally yields to his scavenger urge.
    D                       Em
The robins and sparrows all join in the feast,
         A7                     D          A
In their joyous relief that the terror has ceased.
        D                           Em
And the birds dance around you, not sad in the least,
         A                         G            D
Like the Munchkins danced over the Witch of the East.

	       A
	Did he honk the horn loudly?
	        G                 D
	Did you stand your ground proudly?
	      A                          G               D
	Did a shadow fall o'er ya as the truck mowed you down?
	         G                          A
	Did your eyes glow in that fleeting darkness?
	        D              G               D
	Did the birds come and pick at your carcass?

    D                G            Em
Old Moggy the Cat, I still wonder why
    A                           D               A
You road-kill look so damned surprised when you die.
        D                      G         Em
Did you think that some animal spirit survives?
        A                       G              D
Did you really believe that you cats have nine lives?
      D                        Em
Well, if that is true, this is life Number Ten:
        A7                        D             A
Getting ever more flat, spinning 'round now and then,
       D                  Em
As the cars run you over again and again,
     A                   G         D
And again and again and again and again.

	       A
	Did he honk the horn loudly?
	        G                 D
	Did you stand your ground proudly?
	      A                          G               D
	Did a shadow fall o'er ya as the truck mowed you down?
	         G                          A
	Did your eyes glow in that fleeting darkness?
	        D              G               D
	Did the birds come and pick at your carcass?