Lyrics and Arrangement
(harmon parts in italics)
Intro - instruments
Harmony 1
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (x 4)
Verse 1
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Chorus
Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat,
A feline Casanova, hey! man, thats that.
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can
Bridge
(ad-libbed)
Meow!
Yeah don't cross my path
Guitar Solo
Bridge 2
I don't bother chasing mice around, whoa no!
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Harmony 2
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
but I got cat class and I got cat style.
Guitar Break, extended
Bridge 3
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Harmony 2
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (background)
but I got cat class and I got cat style.
Outro
How To Play
- Download the Stray Cat Strut MP3 from Amazon.com
- Check out the chord chart (below)
[I haven't checked this yet - Neil]
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----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
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: <1992aug12 .141132.4195=".141132.4195" ultb.isc.rit.edu="ultb.isc.rit.edu"> 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?
