Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Key: :[Bm] (w: Brian Setzer)
INTRO: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] :
[x8] (Oooh, Oooh)
VERSE 1:
[Bm] Black and orange
[A] stray cat
[G] sittin' on a
[F#7] fence
[Bm] [A] [G] [F#7]
[Bm] Ain't got e-
[A]-nough dough to
[G] pay the
[F#7] rent
[Bm] [A] [G] [F#7]
[Bm] I'm flat
[A] broke but
[G] I don't
[F#7] care
I
[Bm open] strut right by with my tail in the air
VERSE 2:
[Em] Stray cat
[D] strut I'm a
[C] ladies
[B7] cat
I'm a
[Em] feline Casa-
[D]-nova hey
[C] man that's
[B7] that
Get a
[Em] shoe thrown
[D] at me from a
[C] mean old
[B7] man
[Em open] Get my dinner from a garbage can
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] :
[x3] //
[Bm open]
VERSE 3:
[Em] I don't bother
[Em7] chasing mice a-
[Bm]-round
I
[Em] slink down the alley looking for a fight
h
[C#7] owlin' to the moonlight on a
[F#7] hot summer night
VERSE 4:
[Bm] Singin' the
[A] blues while the
[G] lady cats
[F#7] cry
[Bm] Wild stray
[A] cat you're a
[G] real gone
[F#7] guy
I
[Bm] wish I could
[A] be as
[G] care-free and
[F#7] wild
but I
[Bm open] got cat class and I got cat style
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] :
[x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] :
[x3] //
[Bm open]
REPEAT VERSE 3:
REPEAT VERSE 4:
OUTRO: [Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] //
[Bm open] 