This is the basic progression: Cm Bb Ab G7
Stray Cat Strut
by
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)| |
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Verse 2
Fm Fm7 Cm Fm
I don't bother chasing mice around. I slink down the alley looking for a fight
D7 G7 Cm Bb
howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night. Singin' the blues while the
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 as
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
|-8-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---11-10-8-10-8------|------------------|
|----------------10-8-|---7-9-10---------|
|---------------------|10----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|