Stray Cat Blues

intro:(D C G F D C G F)

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