Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 3
AmOoh, Gooh, Fooh, Eooh x4
Vox on the 1
AmBlack and orange Gstray cat Fsittin’ on a Efence
AmGFE
AmAin’t got Genough dough to Fpay the Erent
AmGFE
AmI’m flat Gbroke but FI don’t Ecare
Hard stop on “strut”
I Amstrut right by with my tail in the air
Vox on 1 1 3 of the key (A C in Am) on ‘stray cat strut’
DmStray cat Cstrut I’m a A#ladies A7cat
I’m a Dmfeline casaCnova hey A#man that’s A7that
Vox up to the root of the first chord, then follow
the descending root
Get a Dmshoe thrown Cat me from a A#mean old A7man
Hard stop on “get”, stay on the same note you were on for “man”
DmGet my dinner from a garbage can
Solo over verse chords
AmMeow GFE
AmYeah, don’t cross my path GFE
Hard stop on...
Am
DmI don’t bother chasing mice aAmround
Whole line on the 5 of the chord (A if the chord is Dm)
I Dmslink down the alley looking for a fight
HB7owlin’ to the moonlight on a E7hot summer night
AmSingin’ the Gblues while the Flady cats Ecry
WAmild stray Gcat you’re a Freal gone Eguy
I Amwish I could Gbe as Fcare-free and Ewild
Hard stop on “got”, down to the low 1
But I Amgot cat class and I got cat style
Solo over verse chords
AmGFE
DmI don’t bother chasing mice aAmround
I Dmslink down the alley looking for a fight
HB7owlin’ to the moonlight on a E7hot summer night
AmSingin’ the Gblues while the Flady cats Ecry
WAmild stray Gcat you’re a Freal gone Eguy
I Amwish I could Gbe as Fcare-free and Ewild
Hard stop on “got”
But I Amgot cat class and I got cat style
AmGFEAm9