Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Brian Setzer)
INTRO: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] :
[x8] (Oooh, Oooh)
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Black and orange
[A#] stray cat
[G#] sittin' on a
[G7] fence
[Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7]
[Cm] Ain't got e-
[A#]-nough dough to
[G#] pay the
[G7] rent
[Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7]
[Cm] I'm flat
[A#] broke but
[G#] I don't
[G7] care
I
[Cm open] strut right by with my tail in the air
VERSE 2:
[Fm] Stray cat
[D#] strut I'm a
[C#] ladies
[C7] cat
I'm a
[Fm] feline Casa-
[D#]-nova hey
[C#] man that's
[C7] that
Get a
[Fm] shoe thrown
[D#] at me from a
[C#] mean old
[C7] man
[Fm open] Get my dinner from a garbage can
INSTRUMENTAL: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] :
[x3] //
[Cm open]
VERSE 3:
[Fm] I don't bother
[Fm7] chasing mice a-
[Cm]-round
I
[Fm] slink down the alley looking for a fight
h
[D7] owlin' to the moonlight on a
[G7] hot summer night
VERSE 4:
[Cm] Singin' the
[A#] blues while the
[G#] lady cats
[G7] cry
[Cm] Wild stray
[A#] cat you're a
[G#] real gone
[G7] guy
I
[Cm] wish I could
[A#] be as
[G#] care-free and
[G7] wild
but I
[Cm open] got cat class and I got cat style
INSTRUMENTAL: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] :
[x3] //
[Cm open]
REPEAT VERSE 3:
REPEAT VERSE 4:
OUTRO: [Cm] [A#] [G#] [G7] //
[Cm open] 