Stray Cat Strut Bass

Stray Cats
Stray cat Strut
 
Album: Runaway Boys
 
Bassist : Lee Rocker
 
 
Tuning : E A D G
Tempo  : 107 bpm
 

Intro: 00:00
G|-------------------||---------------------|-
D|-------------------||---------------------|-
A|-3-2-1---------3---||--3----1-------------|- x2
E|-------4-3-1--3----||----3----1--4-4--3-3-|-
 
G|---------------------|-
D|---------------------|-
A|--3----1-------------| -X4
E|----3----1--4-4--3-3-|-
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 
Verse1: 00:28
G|--------------------||--------------------|-
D|------0-0--1-1------||--------------------|-
A|-3-3------------5-5-||-3-3--1-1-----------|- X2
E|--------------------||-----------4-4--3-3-|-
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent 
 
G|--------------------||-----|-
D|------0-0--1-1------||-----|-
A|-3-3------------5-5-||-3.--|-
E|--------------------||-----|-
I'm flat broke, but I don't care 
 
I strut right by with my tail in the air
 
...
 
00:51
G|---------------------|-    |-----|-
D|--3-3--1-1-----------|-    |-3.--|-
A|------------4-4--4-3-|- X3 |-----|-
E|---------------------|-    |-----|-
Stray cat strut, I'm a (Ladies' cat)
I'm a feline Casanova (Hey, man, that's where it's at)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man 
 
Get my dinner from a garbage can
 
 
Bridge1: 01:06
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D|---------------------|-
A|--3-3--1-1-----------| -X2
E|------------4-4--3-3-|-
Meow
 
Yeah, don't cross my path
 
Guitar Solo1: 01:12
G|-------------------||---------------------|-
D|------0-0--1-3-0---||---------------------|-
A|-3-3-------------1-||--3-3--1-1-----------|-
E|-------------------||------------4-4--3-3-|- 
 
G|-------------------||-----|-
D|------0-0--1-3-0---||-----|-
A|-3-3-------------1-||-3.--|-
E|-------------------||-----|-
 
Chorus1: 01:27
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D|-3-3-5-3-|-5-3-----||---1-0---|---0-1-3-|-
A|---------|-----6-5-||-3-----3-|-3-------|-
E|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
 I don't bother chasing mice around, oh, no
 
G|---3-----|---------||---------|---------|-
D|-3---3-5-|-3-1-----||---------|---------|-
A|---------|-----3-3-||-5-3-----|---0-1-2-|-
E|---------|---------||-----5-3-|-3-------|-
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night 
 
G|- guitar-|---------|    |-----|-
D|---------|---------|    |-----|-
A|-3---1---|---------| X3 |-3.--|-
E|---3---1-|-4-4-3-3-|    |-----|-
Singgin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class, and I got cat style"
 
Bridge2: 01:56
G|---------------------|-
D|---------------------|-
A|--3-3--1-1-----------|- X2
E|------------4-4--3-3-|-
 
Interlude: 02:04 (bass solo)
G|---------|-5-3-----||-5-3-----|---------|-
D|-----5---|-----6-5-||-----5-3-|---3-----|-
A|-3-5---5-|---------||---------|-6---6-3-|-
E|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
 
G|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
D|---------|---------||---0-1-3-|-3-5-----|-
A|-3-1-----|-3-6-5---||-3-------|-----6-5-|-
E|-----4-3-|-------6-||---------|---------|-
 
G|-5---3---|---------||-5---3---|---------|-
D|---5---3-|-6-6-5-5-||---5---3-|-6-6-5-5-|-
A|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
E|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
 
G|---------|---------||-----|-
D|---------|---------||-----|-
A|-3---1---|---------||-3.--|-
E|---3---1-|-4-4-3-3-||-----|-
 
 
Chorus2: 02:32
G|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
D|-3-3-5-3-|-5-3-----||---1-0---|---0-1-3-|-
A|---------|-----6-5-||-3-----3-|-3-------|-
E|---------|---------||---------|---------|-
 I don't bother chasing mice around, oh, no
 
G|---3-----|---------||---------|---------|-
D|-3---3-5-|-3-1-----||---------|---------|-
A|---------|-----3-3-||-5-3-----|---0-1-2-|-
E|---------|---------||-----5-3-|-3-------|-
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night 
 
G|--- guitar ----------|    |-----|-
D|---------------------|    |-----|-
A|--3----1-------------| X3 |-3.--|-
E|----3----1--4-4--3-3-|    |-----|-
Singgin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
 
But I got cat class, and I got cat style"
 
 
Outro: 03:02
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D|------------|-----------||-----------------||
A|----3-2-1-0-|---------3-||---0-2-3--333333-||
E|------------|-4-3-1--3--||-3---------------||
 
Meow......................
 
End: 03:15
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