Cat-eye Willie Claims His Lover Ukulele tab

	  Intro: Am 

                 G                Am 
Bonnie Brown lay down the jack of diamonds 
                    C                Am 
Young Cody took the king of clubs in trade 
                        G               Am 
The queen of hearts was dealt to Simple Simon 
                   C               Am 
But Cat-eye Willie drew the ace of spades 


                    G                 Am 
Oh, Bonnie make the bed that you were born in 
                  C              Am 
Turn your daddy's picture to the wall 
                     G              Am 
For you'll not marry Cody, come the morning 
                      C               Am 
Tonight ol' Shuffling Willie comes to call 


 
N.C.   C              G             Dm           Am 
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb 
        C                      G                  Am 
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover 
           C             G 
But you're bound for the butcher's bride 
    Dm                    Am 
The slew-foot devil won't be denied 
     C              G                  Am 
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover 


               G              Am 
As the hour of midnight was approaching 
                     C                 Am 
She heard his goblin boot-heels on the floor 
                       G              Am 
The tattered rags like raven wings in motion 
                 C               Am 
The hammer hand upon the bedroom door 


                    G              Am 
"Have mercy on this high-born lily maiden 
                   C              Am 
The fairest of the valley so they say" 
                         G                Am 
"'Twas you who mocked my bent back, heavy laden 
                 C                  Am 
No mercy had you in your heart that day" 


 
N.C.   C              G             Dm           Am 
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb 
        C                      G                  Am 
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover 
           C             G 
But you're bound for the butcher's bride 
    Dm                    Am 
The slew-foot devil won't be denied 
     C              G                  Am 
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover 



Instrumental:  (Fiddle Break) 


                G               Am 
Now he has had away her coat of leather 
                C             Am 
And he has had away her daisy dress 
                   G             Am 
But as he slumbers on her bed of feathers 
                    C             Am 
She breaks a silver dagger in his chest 


Bridge: 

     Dm               Am              G                 Am 
"Oh, hold your pillow to my breast to stay this crimson flood 
       G               F                                  E7 
For my darling, oh, my darling you have spilled my mortal blood" 
     Dm              Am                G                 Am 
"No, I will not your darling be, while I have breath and spit in me" 
        C                      G                 E 
"Then I curse your proud house down, 'til you're buried in the ground" 


 
N.C.   C              G             Dm           Am 
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb 
        C                      G                  Am 
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover 
           C             G 
But you're bound for the butcher's bride 
    Dm                    Am 
The slew-foot devil won't be denied 
     C              G                  Am 
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover 


                     G                 Am 
Now twenty years her suitors have been idle 
                     C               Am 
And twenty years her cat-eye boy has grown 
                    G                 Am 
And he has stolen a ruttled horse and bridle 
                 C             Am 
And taken to the cullion road alone 


                        G              Am 
"Oh, build my tomb down in some meadow lonely 
                 C               Am 
Mark it with the traitor diamond knave 
                      G                Am 
For I have served one master, true and only 
                   C               Am 
And I will sleep beside him in the grave" 


 
N.C.   C              G             Dm           Am 
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb 
        C                      G                  Am 
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover 
           C             G 
But you're bound for the butcher's bride 
    Dm                    Am 
The slew-foot devil won't be denied 
     C              G                  Am 
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover 
     F              Em                 Am 
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover