Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Key: :[Dm] (w: Brian Setzer)
INTRO: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] :
[x8] (Oooh, Oooh)
VERSE 1:
[Dm] Black and orange
[C] stray cat
[Bb] sittin' on a
[A7] fence
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7]
[Dm] Ain't got e-
[C]-nough dough to
[Bb] pay the
[A7] rent
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7]
[Dm] I'm flat
[C] broke but
[Bb] I don't
[A7] care
I
[Dm open] strut right by with my tail in the air
VERSE 2:
[Gm] Stray cat
[F] strut I'm a
[Eb] ladies
[D7] cat
I'm a
[Gm] feline Casa-
[F]-nova hey
[Eb] man that's
[D7] that
Get a
[Gm] shoe thrown
[F] at me from a
[Eb] mean old
[D7] man
[Gm open] Get my dinner from a garbage can
INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] :
[x3] //
[Dm open]
VERSE 3:
[Gm] I don't bother
[Gm7] chasing mice a-
[Dm]-round
I
[Gm] slink down the alley looking for a fight
h
[E7] owlin' to the moonlight on a
[A7] hot summer night
VERSE 4:
[Dm] Singin' the
[C] blues while the
[Bb] lady cats
[A7] cry
[Dm] Wild stray
[C] cat you're a
[Bb] real gone
[A7] guy
I
[Dm] wish I could
[C] be as
[Bb] care-free and
[A7] wild
but I
[Dm open] got cat class and I got cat style
INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] :
[x3] //
[Dm open]
REPEAT VERSE 3:
REPEAT VERSE 4:
OUTRO: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7] //
[Dm open] 