{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2595621,"song":"Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut - Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack","artist":"Misc Mashups","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2595621-stray-cats-stray-cat-strut-ray-charles-hit-the-road-jack-chords-by-misc-mashups/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2595621?type=chord","rating":4.74606,"votes":9,"content":"This is a good one.  I play it for my cat all the time.  Crank up the reverb\r\nand play it clean.  Some of you might want to sing Strat Cat Strut.\r\ncould someone send this to Nevada FTP?\r\n\r\nCAPO on 3rd Fret - Key of C\r\nThis is the basic progression: Am  G  F  E7\r\n\r\n\r\n                            Stray Cat Strut\r\n                                  by\r\n                            The Stray Cats\r\n\r\n[Shuffle]X3\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]   | cont.     |          |\r\n Oooh                      Oooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBlack and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAin't got enough dough to pay the rent.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch] (tacet)\r\nI'm flat broke but I don't care,   I strut right by with my tail in the air.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nStray cat strut I'm a lady cat,       Tom cats say hey man that's that.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch] (tacet)\r\nShoe thrown at me from a mean old man.  Get my dinner from a garbage can.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI don't bother chasing mice around.  I slink down the alley looking for a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhowlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night.  Singin' the blues while the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nother cats cry.  Watching me with those envious eys.  I wish I could be as[/tab]\r\nF            E7           Am(tacet)\r\ncare-free and wild,  but I got cat class and I got cat style.\r\n\r\n\r\n[solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch] X6\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI don't bother chasing mice around.  I slink down the alley looking for a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhowlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night.  Singin' the blues while the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nother cats cry.  Watching me with those envious eys.  I wish I could be as[/tab]\r\nF            E7           Am(tacet)\r\ncare-free and wild,  but I got cat class and I got cat style.\r\n\r\n[Shuffle]X3\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]   | cont.     |          |\r\n Oooh                      Oooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh man, oh man, don't treat me so mean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYou're the meanest old man that I've ever seen.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell this is what I'm sayin so[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo pack your things and go. (That's right)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow baby, listen baby, don't-a treat me this-a way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYou say you'll be back on your feet some day.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nDon't care if you do 'cause it's understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nyou ain't got no money you just ain't no good.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell  this is what I'm sayin so[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo pack your things and go. (That's right)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[Shuffle]X3\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]   | cont.     |          |\r\n Oooh                      Oooh[/tab]\r\n\r\nAm(tacet)\r\nBut I got cat class and I got cat style","plain_text":"This is a good one.  I play it for my cat all the time.  Crank up the reverb\nand play it clean.  Some of you might want to sing Strat Cat Strut.\ncould someone send this to Nevada FTP?\n\nCAPO on 3rd Fret - Key of C\nThis is the basic progression: Am  G  F  E7\n\n\n                            Stray Cat Strut\n                                  by\n                            The Stray Cats\n\n[Shuffle]X3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nF            E7           Am(tacet)\ncare-free and wild,  but I got cat class and I got cat style.\n\n\n[solo]\nAm  G  F  E7 X6\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nF            E7           Am(tacet)\ncare-free and wild,  but I got cat class and I got cat style.\n\n[Shuffle]X3\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n[Shuffle]X3\n\n\nAm(tacet)\nBut I got cat class and I got cat style","chords":["C","Am","G","F","E7","G7","Dm","Bb","A7","Am7","Dm7","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}