Stray Cat Strut

Cm    Bb    Ab    G7  
 Oooh                      Oooh  

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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        Cm (tacet)  
I'm flat broke but I don't care,   I strut right by with my tail in the air.  
Fm        Eb          C#     C7         Fm         Eb       C#         C7  
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies cat, I'm a feline Casanova hey man that's that.  
      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               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  
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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