Stray cat strut
(1981)
Am - G - F - E
(2x) + Am - G - F - E (4x)
Am G
F E - Am - G - F - E
1. Black and orange stray cat sitting on a fence,
Am
G F
E - Am - G - F - E
ain’t got enough dough
to pay the rent.
Am
G F E
I’m flat broke but I don’t
care,
Am
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I strut right by with my tail
in the air.
Dm C
Bb A7
+ Stray cat strut, I’m a
ladies cat,
Dm C Bb A
I’m a feline Casanova, hey, man, that’s that.
Dm C Bb
A7
Get a shoe thrown at me from a
mean old man,
Dm -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
get
my dinner from a garbage can.
Am - G - F E
- Am - G F E
+ Meow ! Yeah,
don’t cross my path.
+ Am - G - F
- E (3x) - Am - - -
Dm Am
+ I don’t bother
chasing mice around,
Dm
I slink down the alley looking
for a fight,
B7
E
howlin’ to the moonlight on a hot summer night !
Am G F E
2. Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry,
Am
G F
E
wild stray cat, you’re
a real gone guy,
Am G F E
I wish I could be as carefree
and wild,
Am - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
but I
got cat class and I got cat style.
+ Am - G - F -
E (6x) + Am - G - F - E (3x) - Am - - -
Dm Am
+ I don’t bother
chasing mice around,
Dm
I slink down the alley looking
for a fight,
B7 E
howlin’ to the moonlight on a hot summer night !
Am G F E
3. Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry,
Am G F E
wild stray cat, you’re
a real gone guy,
Am G F E
I wish I could be as carefree
and wild,
Am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -
but I
got cat class and I got cat style.
+ Am - G - F -
E - Am - E - Am
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Stray
Cats)