Stray Cat Blues Tablatura

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Subject: Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues 
 
From: [email protected] (Theo Kanter) 
 
Subject: Re: TAB & REQ: Stray Cat Blues 
 
 
 
COULD SOMEBODY BE SO KIND TO POST THE LYRICS TO STRAY CAT BLUES BY  
 
THE ROLLING STONES? 
 
 
 
 
 
As for the TAB: Keith & Mick played it different on different records. 
 
 
 
 
 
VERSE:  
 
                D-C-G-F 
 
                D-C-G-F 
 
                D-C-G-F 
 
                D-C-G-F 
 
Chorus: 
 
                A-A6-A7 
 
                C-C6-C7 
 
 
 
1) Acoustic intro 
 
 
 
I  do not have my guitar beside my workstation but I'll try to remember: 
 
 
 
             tie    tie                    tie     tie               strumming 
 
    D        /\    /   \             C     /\      /\                 G    G F 
 
e !----------------2-3-2-----------!--------------------------------!----!----! 
 
B !------------------------3-------!-----------------------1--------!----!----! 
 
G !----------0-2-------------------!---------------0-2--------------!----!----! 
 
D !-0------------------------------!-------0-2----------------------!----!----! 
 
A !--------------------------------!-3------------------------------!----!----! 
 
E !--------------------------------!--------------------------------!----!----! 
 
 
 
VERSE:  
 
                | D | C | G | G F | 
 
                | D | C | G | G F | 
 
                | D | C | G | G F | 
 
                | D | C | G | G F | 
 
Chorus: 
 
                | A | A6 | A7 | A6 |          (root + 5th, 6th, 7th) 
 
                | C | C6 | C7 | C6 | 
 
 
 
 
 
2) Electric intro 
 
 
 
                                     strumming on all 6 (five?) strings....... 
 
 
 
                                     Open             X position      V    V III 
 
    G7                               G               F                C    C Bb 
 
d !-3-----3------3----3---3--3--3--!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
B !-0-----0------0----0---0--0--0--!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
G !--------------------------------!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
D !--------------------------------!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
G !--------------------------------!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
D !--------------------------------!----------------!---------------!----!----! 
 
 
 
VERSE:  
 
                | G | F | C | C Bb | 
 
                | G | F | C | C Bb | 
 
                | G | F | C | C Bb | 
 
                | G | F | C | C Bb | 
 
Chorus: 
 
                | D | D6 | D7 | D6 |          (root + 5th, 6th, 7th) 
 
                | F | F6 | F7 | F6 | 
 
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 14:14:39 -0500 
From: [email protected] (Ryan Malone) 
Subject: Stray Cat Blues Lyrics 
 
Someone had asked for the lyrics to "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones. 
 
This is as near as I can figure out: 
 
I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs, 
I know your loping stride, babe. 
I'll be a beast if you just come up stairs, but 
It's no hanging matter 
It's no capital crime. 
 
And I can see that you're just fifteen years old 
But I don't want your ID 
Don't look so scared, I'm not not hair-brained bear 
 
And it's no hangin matter 
It's no capital crime 
 
Chorus 
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, oh yeah, 
Won't you scratch my back, oh yeah, 
You're a strange stray cat, I bet, 
I bet your mama don't know that you bite like that 
I bet your mama don't  know that you spit like that 
 
You've got a friend, you say she's wilder than you 
Why don't you bring her upstairs? 
If she's so wild then she can join in, too-- 
It's no hangin' matter, 
It ain't no capital crime 
 
Chorus 
 
You're alone so far from home, 
But you don't really miss your mother 
I've been so many times all all alone 
 
But it ain't no hangin' matter 
It ain't no capital crime 
 
Chorus 
 
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