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Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
Intro: / Cm - Bb - /
Ab - G / x6
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½) / Cm - Bb - / Ab - G /
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½) / Cm - Bb - / Ab - G /
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½)
I'm flat broke but I don't care,
Cm (hold 2)
I strut right by with my tail in the air
.
Fm (½) Eb (½) Db (½) C (½)
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies cat, I'm a
Fm (½) Eb (½) Db (½) C (½)
feline Casanova hey man that's that
Fm (½) Eb (½) Db (½) C (½)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man.
Fm (hold 2)
Get my dinner from a garbage can.
Solo: / Cm - Bb - /
Ab - G / x5
Cm (hold 2)
Chorus:
Fm Fm7 Cm (2)
I don't bother chasing mice around.
Fm (2)
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
D7 G7#5
howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night.
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½)
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½)
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
Cm (½) Bb (½) Ab (½) G (½)
I wish I could be as care-free and wild, but I
Cm (hold 2)
got cat class and I got cat style.
Solo: / Cm - Bb - /
Ab - G / x7
Cm (hold 2)
Repeat from Chorus to
Solo
Outro
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