intro:( D5 C5 G5 F5 D5 C5 G5 F5 ) D5 C5 G5 F5 I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs D5 C5 G5 F5 I know you're no scare-eyed honey D5 C5 G5 There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs A5 But it's no hanging matter F5 It's no capital crime D5 C5 G5 F5 I can see that you're fifteen years old D5 C5 G5 F5 No I don't want your I.D. D5 C5 G5 I can see that you're so far from home A5 But that's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C5 Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat G5 Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that D5 Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat A5 I Bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that F5 I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. D5 C5 G5 F5 You look so weird and so lost from home D5 C5 G5 F5 But you don't really miss your mother D5 C5 G5 Don't look so scared I'm not no mad-brained bear A5 But it's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C5 Oh, yeah G5 D5 Woo! A5 I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that F5 I bet she don't know you can bite like that. D5 C5 G5 F5 You say you got a girlfriend, that she's wilder than you D5 C5 G5 F5 Why don't you bring her upstairs D5 C5 G5 If she's so wild then she can join in too A5 It's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C5 Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat G5 Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that D5 Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat A5 I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that F5 D5 I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back