Biography:
Stray Cats is a rockabilly band which formed in 1979 in Massapequa, New York, United States. The band consists of Brian Setzer (vocals, guitar), Lee Rocker (bass) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums). The band released two successful albums in the United Kingdom in 1981 before releasing their American debut album "Built for Speed" the following year. The band's singles "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town" were successful in multiple countries.
The group
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Other songs:
- Rock This Town
- Storm The Embassy
- Stray Cat Strut
- Beautiful Blues
- Bring It Back Again
- Built For Speed
- Come On Everybody
- Gina
- Gonna Ball
- I Wont Stand In Your Way
- Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie
- Lookin Better Every Beer
- My Heart Is A Liar
- Please Dont Touch
- Runaway Boys
- Sexy And 17
- Sixteen Candles
- Summertime Blues
- Those Lonely Summer Nights
- Town Without Pity
- Ubangi Stomp
- Wild Saxophone
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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?
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----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
and play it clean. Some of you might want to sing Strat Cat Strut.
could someone send this to Nevada FTP?
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----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
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