STRAY CAT STRUT   Stray Cats

 

Cm//  Bb//  Ab//  G  (with drums)

 

E--7/8--8---------------------------------------

B--7/8------------------------8---------------

G---------10-8---------------8---------10-----8

D---------------10-8-------9--------11-----9---

A-----------------------10---------------------

E----------------------------------------------

 

Cm  Bb  Ab  G     Cm  Bb  Ab  G

Cm  Bb  Ab  G     Cm  Bb  Ab  G

Ooh ooh ooh ooh   Ooh ooh ooh ooh

Cm  Bb  Ab  G     Cm  Bb  Ab  G

Ooh ooh ooh ooh   Ooh ooh ooh ooh

 

Cm               Bb        Ab           G       Cm   Bb   Ab   G

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence

Cm         Bb             Ab      G      Cm   Bb   Ab   G

Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent

Cm       Bb        Ab      G

I'm flat broke but I don't care

  Cm(stop)

I strut right by with my tail in the air

 

Fm        Eb          Db     C

Stray Cat Strut I'm a ladies cat

  Fm         Eb       Db         C

A feline casanova hey man that's that

      Fm          Eb           Db       C

Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man

Fm(stop)

Get my dinner from a garbage can

 

Cm  Bb  Ab  G     Meow

    

Cm  Bb  Ab  G

    Hey don't cross my path

 

E-----------8------------------------------------------------------------

B-------------------------------------------------------------------------

G--10-b-12-----10-8-------------------------------0----------------8-11-10

D-------------------10-8--6-8-6-8-5---------0-1-3---1-0-----8-10-11-------

A------------------------------------2-s-3--------------3-----------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Cm  Bb  Ab  G

 

E-----------------------------8-------8-10-8

B-------------------------------------8-----

G------------------8-10-b-12----8-10--8-----

D---------------10--------------------------

A----------9-10-----------------------------

E--8-10-11----------------------------------

 

 

Fm                           Cm   Cm(add D)**  Cm  Cm(add D)  Cm

I don't bother chasin' mice around

Fm                                          *On Cm add D, play a Cm cho=rd

I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight     and add the D not on the

D                             G                     first string, 10th fret)

Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night

 

Cm          Bb              Ab        G

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry

Cm         Bb           Ab        G

Wow, stray cat you're a real gone guy

  Cm           Bb    Ab           G

I wish I could be as carefree and wild

      Cm(stop)

But I got cat class and I got cat style

 

Cm  Bb  Ab  G     Cm  Bb  Ab  G

 

E--8--11--10--8---4-3---8--11--10--8-11-10-8-------------------------8----

B--8--11--10--8---4-3---8--11--10------------11-10-8----------------------

G--8--11--10--8---5-4---8--11--10--------------------11-10-8-10-b-12--8---

D-10---------10---6-5---10----------------------------------------------10

A-------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Fm                          Cm   Cm(add D)**  Cm  Cm(add D)  Cm

I don't bother chasin' mice around

  Fm                                          *On Cm add D, play a Cm cho=rd

I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight     and add the D not on the

D                             G                     first string, 10th fret)

Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night

 

Cm          Bb              Ab        G

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry

Cm         Bb           Ab        G

Wow, stray cat you're a real gone guy

  Cm           Bb    Ab           G

I wish I could be as carefree and wild

      Cm(stop)

But I got cat class and I got cat style

 

Outro:

 

Cm   Bb   Ab   G (with drums)

 

E--7/8-8-------------------------10    Play the last chord furiously

B--7/8----------------------------8    to abrupt end of song.

G---------10-8--------------------8

D--------------10-8-----7-9-10---10

A--------------------10------------

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