Stray Cat Strut Tab by Stray Cats
Stray Cat Strut Tab by Stray Cats
From: Andre van de Water
Subject: Re: REQ: STRAY CATS (tab & wanted)
STRAY CAT STRUT
Intro lick:
Cm// Bb// G#// G
E--7/8--8---------------------------------------
B--7/8------------------------8---------------
G---------10-8---------------8---------10-----8
D---------------10-8-------9--------11-----9---
A-----------------------10---------------------
E----------------------------------------------
Cm Bb G# G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Cm Bb G# G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Cm Bb G# G Cm Bb G# G
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Cm Bb G# G Cm Bb G# G
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
Cm Bb G# G
I'm flat broke but I don't care
Cm(stop)
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Fm Eb C# C
Stray Cat Strut I'm a ladies guy
Fm Eb C# C
A feline casanova hey man that's why
Fm Eb C# C
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Fm(stop)
I get my dinner from a garbage can
FIRST LEAD PART:
Cm Bb G# G
Meow
Cm Bb G# G
Hey don't cross my path
E-----------8------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--10-b-12-----10-8-------------------------------0----------------8-11-10
D-------------------10-8--6-8-6-8-5---------0-1-3---1-0-----8-10-11-------
A------------------------------------2-s-3--------------3-----------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then do the verse progression: Cm Bb G# G
E-----------------------------8-------8-10-8
B-------------------------------------8-----
G------------------8-10-b-12----8-10--8-----
D---------------10--------------------------
A----------9-10-----------------------------
E--8-10-11----------------------------------
Fm Cm Cm(add D)** Cm Cm(add D) Cm
I don't bother chasin' mice around
Fm (**On Cm add D, play a Cm cho=
rd
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight and add the D not on the
D G first string, 10th fret)
Howlin' to the moon on a hot summer night
Cm Bb G# G
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
Cm Bb G# G
I'm a stray cat and you're a real gone guy
Cm Bb G# G
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
Cm(stop)
But I got cat class and I got cat style
SECOND LEAD PART:
E--8--11--10--8---4-3---8--11--10--8-11-10-8-------------------------8----
B--8--11--10--8---4-3---8--11--10------------11-10-8----------------------
G--8--11--10--8---5-4---8--11--10--------------------11-10-8-10-b-12--8---
D-10---------10---6-5---10----------------------------------------------10
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Back into "I don't bother..." part as before.
Outro:
Cm Bb G# G
E--7/8-8-------------------------10 Play the last chord furiously
B--7/8----------------------------8 to abrupt end of song.
G---------10-8--------------------8
D--------------10-8-----7-9-10---10
A--------------------10------------
E----------------------------------
Stray Cat Strut version II:
This is the basic progression: Cm Bb Ab G7
=09=09=09 Stray Cat Strut
=09=09=09=09 by
=09=09=09 The Stray Cats
Shuffle
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 | cont. | |
Oooh Oooh
Cm Bb Ab G7
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Cm Bb Ab G7
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
Cm Bb Ab G7 G7 (tacet)
I'm flat broke but I don't care, I strut right by with my tail in the air=
.
Fm Eb Db C7 Fm Eb Db C7
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies cat, I'm a feline Casanova hey man that's that=
.
Fm Eb Db C7 Fm (tacet)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man. Get my dinner from a garbage =
can.
(instrumental)
Cm Bb | Ab G7|Cm(tacet)| |
Verse 2
Fm Fm7 Cm Fm
I don't bother chasing mice around. I slink down the alley looking for a f=
ight
D7 G7 Cm Bb
howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night. Singin' the blues while th=
e
Ab G7 Cm Bb Ab G7 Cm Bb
lady cats cry. Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy. I wish I could be a=
s
Ab G7 Cm(tacet)
care-free and wild, but I got cat class and I got cat style.
solo
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 | etc.
repeat verse 2
|Cm Bb |Ab G7 |Cm (tacet) Cm
=09=09 |-8-------------------|------------------|
=09=09 |---------------------|------------------|
=09=09 |---11-10-8-10-8------|------------------|
=09=09 |----------------10-8-|---7-9-10---------|
=09=09 |---------------------|10----------------|
=09=09 |---------------------|------------------|
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