Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Key: :[F#m] (w: Brian Setzer)
INTRO: [F#m] [E] [D] [C#7] :
[x8] (Oooh, Oooh)
VERSE 1:
[F#m] Black and orange
[E] stray cat
[D] sittin' on a
[C#7] fence
[F#m] [E] [D] [C#7]
[F#m] Ain't got e-
[E]-nough dough to
[D] pay the
[C#7] rent
[F#m] [E] [D] [C#7]
[F#m] I'm flat
[E] broke but
[D] I don't
[C#7] care
I
[F#m open] strut right by with my tail in the air
VERSE 2:
[Bm] Stray cat
[A] strut I'm a
[G] ladies
[F#7] cat
I'm a
[Bm] feline Casa-
[A]-nova hey
[G] man that's
[F#7] that
Get a
[Bm] shoe thrown
[A] at me from a
[G] mean old
[F#7] man
[Bm open] Get my dinner from a garbage can
INSTRUMENTAL: [F#m] [E] [D] [C#7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [F#m] [E] [D] [C#7] :
[x3] //
[F#m open]
VERSE 3:
[Bm] I don't bother
[Bm7] chasing mice a-
[F#m]-round
I
[Bm] slink down the alley looking for a fight
h
[G#7] owlin' to the moonlight on a
[C#7] hot summer night
VERSE 4:
[F#m] Singin' the
[E] blues while the
[D] lady cats
[C#7] cry
[F#m] Wild stray
[E] cat you're a
[D] real gone
[C#7] guy
I
[F#m] wish I could
[E] be as
[D] care-free and
[C#7] wild
but I
[F#m open] got cat class and I got cat style
