Stray Cat Strut

Words & Music:

The Stray Cats

Am   G    F    E  [basic riff - originally in Cm]

 

Am               G         F            E

Black and orange stray cat sitting on a fence.

Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.

I'm flat broke but I don't care.

  Am [n.c.]

I strut right by with my tail in the air.

 

Dm        C            Bb      A1 [etc.]

Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat.

I'm a feline Casanova.  Hey, man, that's that!

Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man.

Dm  [n.c.]                   [back to original riff]

Get my dinner from a garbage can

 

BRIDGE:

Dm                          Am  Am1  Am  Am1  Am

I don't bother chasin' mice around.

  Dm

I slink down the alley, lookin' for a fight,

B1                            E1

Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night

 

Am          G               F         E  [etc.]

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.

Wow, stray cat, you're a real gone guy!

I wish I could be as carefree and wild.

      Am [n.c.]

But I got cat class and I got cat style.

 

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:

 

BRIDGE:

 

LAST VERSE REPRISE:

 


Guitar tab by unknown tabber.  Transposed in Am from original Cm.

 

INTRO LICK:

e|------------------------------5~---5--------------------------------|

B|------------------------------5~---5---------------------5----3-----|

G|------------------------------5~-----8\7p5-7-5---------5----3-----5-|

D|-----------------------------------------------------6----------4---|

A|-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-3-3-2---2-2-------------------------7----------------|

E|-5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-0---0-0------------------------------------------|

 

FIRST SOLO:

e|-5-----------------------------------------------------------------

B|-5-----------------------------------------------------------1-4-3-

G|---7/8\7p5-7-5------------------0h0p-----------0-----------2-------

D|-------------------7-5\3-5-3-5-----------0-1-0---1-0---2\3---------

A|-------------------------------------x\0-------------0-------------

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       v v v v v ^ v v   ^v

      -0-0-3-3-1-1-1-0---0-0------------------5------|

      -1-1-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3-----------1-4~-----4-2~-|

      -2-2-4-4-2-2-2-1---1-1---------2---------------|

      -2-2-5-5-3-3-3-0---0-0-----1-4-----------------|

      -----------------------0-3---------------------|

      -----------------------------------------------|

 

SECOND SOLO:

   v ^      v     v ^      v     v ^      v     v ^      v^

e|---0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------1----4/5---

B|---1---------1----1---------1----1---------1----1-------1----4/5---

G|---2------2--1----2------2--1----2------2--1----2------22----4/5---

D|-0--------1-0---0--------1-0---0--------1-0---0--------1--0--------

A|-0--------3-----0--------3-----0--------3-----0--------3-----------

E|------0/1-1-0--------0/1-1-0--------0/1-1-0--------0/1-1--0--------

 

      -8--7---5---------------5~---8--7-5-8-7-5-------------5--

      -7--6---5-6/-5\---1---0-5~---7--6------------8-7-5-------

      -8--7---5-5/-5\--2---1--5~---8--7-------------------7/---

      -7--6-----------3---2--------7--6------------------------

      ---------------------------------------------------------

      ---------------------------------------------------------

 

                                  --------------------------------|

                                  --------------------------------|

                                  -7/8/7-7-5-----------5~---------|

                                  ---------------7---------7-5----|

                                  ------------------7-----------7-|

                                  --------------------------------|

OUTRO LICK:

e|-------------------------------5---------------------------5555555555555~------5\--|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------5555555555555~------5\--|

G|---------------------------------7/-5-7-5------------------5555555555555~------6\--|

D|--------------------------------------------7-5---4-5-8~-----------------------7\--|

A|-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-3-3-2---2-2----------------------7------------------------------7\--|

E|-5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-0---0-0-----------------------------------------------------5\--|

 

 





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