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