Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 3
| Am | G | F | E |
| Ooh, | ooh, | ooh, | ooh x4 |
Vox on the 1
| Am | G | F | E |
| Black and orange | stray cat | sittin’ on a | fence |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Ain’t got | enough dough to | pay the | rent |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Am | G | F | E |
| I’m flat | broke but | I don’t | care |
Hard stop on “strut”
| Am | |
| I | strut right by with my tail in the air |
Vox on 1 1 3 of the key (A C in Am) on ‘stray cat strut’
| Dm | C | A# | A7 |
| Stray cat | strut I’m a | ladies | cat |
| Dm | C | A# | A7 | |
| I’m a | feline casa | nova hey | man that’s | that |
Vox up to the root of the first chord, then follow
the descending root
| Dm | C | A# | A7 | |
| Get a | shoe thrown | at me from a | mean old | man |
Hard stop on “get”, stay on the same note you were on for “man”
| Dm |
| Get my dinner from a garbage can |
Solo over verse chords
| Am | G | F | E |
| Meow |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Yeah, don’t cross my path |
Hard stop on...
| Am |
| Dm | Am |
| I don’t bother chasing mice a | round |
Whole line on the 5 of the chord (A if the chord is Dm)
| Dm | |
| I | slink down the alley looking for a fight |
| B7 | E7 | |
| H | owlin’ to the moonlight on a | hot summer night |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Singin’ the | blues while the | lady cats | cry |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| W | ild stray | cat you’re a | real gone | guy |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| I | wish I could | be as | care-free and | wild |
Hard stop on “got”, down to the low 1
| Am | |
| But I | got cat class and I got cat style |
Solo over verse chords
| Am | G | F | E |
| Dm | Am |
| I don’t bother chasing mice a | round |
| Dm | |
| I | slink down the alley looking for a fight |
| B7 | E7 | |
| H | owlin’ to the moonlight on a | hot summer night |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Singin’ the | blues while the | lady cats | cry |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| W | ild stray | cat you’re a | real gone | guy |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| I | wish I could | be as | care-free and | wild |
Hard stop on “got”
| Am | |
| But I | got cat class and I got cat style |
| Am | G | F | E | Am9 |