Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Key: :[A#m] (w: Brian Setzer)
INTRO: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] :
[x8] (Oooh, Oooh)
VERSE 1:
[A#m] Black and orange
[G#] stray cat
[F#] sittin' on a
[F7] fence
[A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7]
[A#m] Ain't got e-
[G#]-nough dough to
[F#] pay the
[F7] rent
[A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7]
[A#m] I'm flat
[G#] broke but
[F#] I don't
[F7] care
I
[A#m open] strut right by with my tail in the air
VERSE 2:
[D#m] Stray cat
[C#] strut I'm a
[B] ladies
[A#7] cat
I'm a
[D#m] feline Casa-
[C#]-nova hey
[B] man that's
[A#7] that
Get a
[D#m] shoe thrown
[C#] at me from a
[B] mean old
[A#7] man
[D#m open] Get my dinner from a garbage can
INSTRUMENTAL: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] :
[x3] //
[A#m open]
VERSE 3:
[D#m] I don't bother
[D#m7] chasing mice a-
[A#m]-round
I
[D#m] slink down the alley looking for a fight
h
[C7] owlin' to the moonlight on a
[F7] hot summer night
VERSE 4:
[A#m] Singin' the
[G#] blues while the
[F#] lady cats
[F7] cry
[A#m] Wild stray
[G#] cat you're a
[F#] real gone
[F7] guy
I
[A#m] wish I could
[G#] be as
[F#] care-free and
[F7] wild
but I
[A#m open] got cat class and I got cat style
INSTRUMENTAL: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] :
[x3] //
[A#m open]
REPEAT VERSE 3:
REPEAT VERSE 4:
OUTRO: [A#m] [G#] [F#] [F7] //
[A#m open] 