Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats
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Subject: Stray Cat Strut
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this is a good one. I play it for my cat all the time. Crank up the reverb
and play it clean. Some of you might want to sing Strat Cat Strut.
could someone send this to Nevada FTP?
This is the basic progression: Cm Bb Ab G7
Stray Cat Strut
by
The Stray Cats
Shuffle
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 | cont. | |
Oooh Oooh
[Cm]Black and orange [Bb]stray cat [Ab]sittin' on a [G7]fence.
[Cm]Ain't got en[Bb]ough dough to [Ab]pay the [G7]rent.
Cm Bb Ab G7 G7 (tacet)
I'm flat broke but I don't care, I strut right by with my tail in the air.
[Fm]Stray cat [Eb]strut I'm a [Db]ladies [C7]cat, I'm a [Fm]feline Casa[Eb]nova hey [Db]man that's [C7]that.
Fm Eb Db C7 Fm (tacet)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man. Get my dinner from a garbage can.
(instrumental)
Cm Bb | Ab G7|Cm(tacet)| |
Verse 2
[Fm]I don't bother [Fm7]chasing mice aroun[Cm]d. I [Fm]slink down the alley looking for a fight
h[D7]owlin' to the moonlight on a [G7]hot summer night. [Cm]Singin' the blu[Bb]es while the
[Ab]lady cats [G7]cry. Wi[Cm]ld stray [Bb]cat you're a [Ab]real gone [G7]guy. I [Cm]wish I could [Bb]be as
Ab G7 Cm(tacet)
care-free and wild, but I got cat class and I got cat style.
solo
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 | etc.
repeat verse 2
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 |Cm (tacet) Cm
|-8-------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---11-10-8-10-8------|------------------| |----------------10-8-|---7-9-10---------| |---------------------|10----------------| |---------------------|------------------|
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"The blues is a low down achein' chill" Robert Johnson
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