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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3
            Same chords as previous versions, but easier to play chord shapes after capo on third fret.
Capo - 3rd fret
Intro: |Am    G    |F    E7   |Am    G     |F    E7    |
       Oooh                    Oooh
Am               G         F                  E7          Am   G    F    E7
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Am        G               F        E7   Am   G    F    E7
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
Am       G         F        E7       Am (tacet)
I'm flat broke but I don't care,   I strut right by with my tail in the air.
Dm        C           Bb     A7         Dm        C          Bb        A7
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies cat, I'm a feline Casanova hey man that's that.
      Dm          C             Bb       A7   Dm (tacet)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man.  Get my dinner from a garbage can.
Am    G    F    E7         Am   G           F             E7
                     Meow....,       yeah , don't cross my path!
Instrumental with lead:  | Am   G | F   E7 | Am   G | F   E7 | Am   G | F   E7| Am (tacet)|  
Verse 2:
Dm             Dm7          Am          Dm
I don't bother chasing mice around.  I slink down the alley looking for a fight
B7                            E7                 Am          G
howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night.  Singin' the blues while the
F         E7    Am         G            F         E7      Am           G
lady cats cry.  Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.  I wish I could be as
F             E7           Am (tacet)
care-free and wild,  but I got cat class and I got cat style.
Instrumental:  |Am  G  |F  E7  | Am  G  |F  E7  |Am  G  |F  E7  |
Repeat Verse 2
|Am  G  |F  E7  |Am (tacet) 
        
                