Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats (Brian Setzer, 1981)
Intro
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Black and orange [G] stray cat | [F] sittin' on a [E7] fence |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Ain't got e- [G] nough dough to | [F] pay the [E7] rent |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] I'm flat [G] broke but | [F] I don't [E7] care |
I | [Am↓] strut right by with my | tail in the air
| [Dm] Stray cat [C] strut I'm a | [Bb] ladies' [A7] cat |
I'm a | [Dm] feline Casa- [C] nova hey | [Bb] man that's [A7] that |
Get a | [Dm] shoe thrown [C] at me from a | [Bb] mean old [A7] man |
| [Dm↓] Get my dinner from a | garbage can
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Dm] I don't bother | chasin' mice a- | [Am] round | [Am] |
I | [Dm] slink down the alley | lookin' for a fight |
| [B7] Howlin' to the moonlight on a | [E7] hot summer night |
| [Am] Singin' the [G] blues while the | [F] lady cats [E7] cry |
| [Am] Wow stray [G] cat you're a | [F] real gone [E7] guy |
I | [Am] wish I could [G] be as | [F] carefree and [E7] wild |
But I | [Am↓] got cat class and I | got cat style
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Dm] I don't bother | chasin' mice a- | [Am] round | [Am] |
I | [Dm] slink down the alley | lookin' for a fight |
| [B7] Howlin' to the moonlight on a | [E7] hot summer night |
| [Am] Singin' the [G] blues while the | [F] lady cats [E7] cry |
| [Am] Wow stray [G] cat you're a | [F] real gone [E7] guy |
I | [Am] wish I could [G] be as | [F] carefree and [E7] wild |
But I | [Am↓] got cat class and I | got cat style
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original recording.
#Last Updated 11/10/18 JJ
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Stray Cats (Brian Setzer, 1981)
Intro
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Black and orange [G] stray cat | [F] sittin' on a [E7] fence |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] Ain't got e- [G] nough dough to | [F] pay the [E7] rent |
| [Am] Oo [G] oo | [F] oo [E7] ooh |
| [Am] I'm flat [G] broke but | [F] I don't [E7] care |
I | [Am↓] strut right by with my | tail in the air
| [Dm] Stray cat [C] strut I'm a | [Bb] ladies' [A7] cat |
I'm a | [Dm] feline Casa- [C] nova hey | [Bb] man that's [A7] that |
Get a | [Dm] shoe thrown [C] at me from a | [Bb] mean old [A7] man |
| [Dm↓] Get my dinner from a | garbage can
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Dm] I don't bother | chasin' mice a- | [Am] round | [Am] |
I | [Dm] slink down the alley | lookin' for a fight |
| [B7] Howlin' to the moonlight on a | [E7] hot summer night |
| [Am] Singin' the [G] blues while the | [F] lady cats [E7] cry |
| [Am] Wow stray [G] cat you're a | [F] real gone [E7] guy |
I | [Am] wish I could [G] be as | [F] carefree and [E7] wild |
But I | [Am↓] got cat class and I | got cat style
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] |
| [Dm] I don't bother | chasin' mice a- | [Am] round | [Am] |
I | [Dm] slink down the alley | lookin' for a fight |
| [B7] Howlin' to the moonlight on a | [E7] hot summer night |
| [Am] Singin' the [G] blues while the | [F] lady cats [E7] cry |
| [Am] Wow stray [G] cat you're a | [F] real gone [E7] guy |
I | [Am] wish I could [G] be as | [F] carefree and [E7] wild |
But I | [Am↓] got cat class and I | got cat style
| [Am] [G] | [F] [E7] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original recording.
#Last Updated 11/10/18 JJ
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