From uunet!psinntp!isc-newsserver!ritvax.isc.rit.edu!WHC2993 Wed Aug 12 18:40:46 PDT 1992 Article: 1508 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!psinntp!isc-newsserver!ritvax.isc.rit.edu!WHC2993 From: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Subject: Stray Cat Strut Message-ID: Sender: news@ultb.isc.rit.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: vaxb.isc.rit.edu Reply-To: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:11:32 GMT Lines: 66 this is a good one. I play it for my cat all the time. Crank up the reverb and play it clean. Some of you might want to sing Strat Cat Strut. could someone send this to Nevada FTP? 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)| | 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----------------| |---------------------|------------------| ********************************************************************************* "The blues is a low down achein' chill" Robert Johnson ********************************************************************************