Stray Cat Strut

Cm    Bb    Ab    G7
 Oooh                      Oooh

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Black and orange stray cat 
        G7
sittin' on a fence.
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Ain't got enough dough to pay the 
 G7
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          C#     C7
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies 
         Fm         Eb       C#  
cat, I'm a feline Casanova hey 
       C7
man that's that.
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      Fm          Eb           C#   
    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

(verso 2)
Fm             Fm7               
I don't bother chasing mice 
Cm    Fm
around.  I slink down the alley 
looking for a fight
 D7                           G7  
howlin' to the moonlight on a hot 
               Cm             Bb
summer night.  Singin' the blues 
while the
Ab        G7      Cm       Bb  
lady cats cry.  Wild stray cat 
         Ab        G7      Cm    
you're a real gone guy.  I wish I
       Bb
 could be as
Ab            G7           Cm
care-free and wild,  but I got cat 
class and I got cat style.

(solo) Cm Bb Ab G7

(verso 2)

( Cm Bb Ab G7 Cm Cm )


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