G Em Am
I'm like a chee-chee-chee-chee-rony like they make at home
G Em Am
Or a healthy fish with a big backbone
G (or rest) C D
I'm Abraham De Lacy
G (or rest) C D
Guiseppe Casey
G (or rest) Bm D
Thomas O'Malley
Am D G
O'Malley the alley cat
G
G Am
I've got that wanderlust
G D
Gotta walk the scene
G Am
Gotta kick up highway dust
G D
Feel the grass that's green
G Am
Gotta strut them city streets
G D
Showin' off my eclat, yeah
Am D
Tellin' my friends of the social elite
C D
Or some cute cat I happen to meet
Bm
That I'm
G
Abraham De Lacy
C D
Guiseppe Casey
G Bm Bm
Thomas O'Malley
Am D G
O'Malley the alley cat
G
G Am
I'm king of the highway
G D
Prince of the boulevard
G Am
Duke of the avant-garde
D Am
The world is my backyard
G D
So if you're goin' my way
G Am
That's the road you wanna seek
C Am
Calcutta to Rome or home, sweet home,
Am (or rest)
In Paris, magnifique, you all!
Bm D
G Em
I only got myself
Am
And this big old world
G Em
But I sip that cup of life
D
With my fingers curled
G D
I don't worry what road to take
C D Am
I don't have to think of that
Bm D
Am C D
Whatever I take is the road I make
Am C D
It's the road of life make no mistake
Bm Bm
For me, yeah,
G
Abraham De Lacy
C D
Guiseppe Casey
G Bm Bm
Thomas O'Malley
Am D G
O'Malley the alley cat
Em
That's right
D G
And I'm very proud of that
Yeah!