Cm    Bb    Ab    G7
 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          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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