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Stray Cat Strut by The Stray Cats

    “Stray Cat Strut” is the eighth track on the Stray Cats’ debut album, Stray Cats, released in 1981 in the UK. In the US, the song was first released in 1982 on Built for Speed. The song became a hit in the US, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, over a year after it had reached its number eleven peak in the UK. The music video for the song received extensive airplay on MTV during the channel’s early days.

    Verse Riff

    Video

    Bass Guitar

    Video

    Chorus

    Guitar

    Bass Guitar

    Stray Cat Strut Tab

    Complete Transcription To “Stray Cat Strut” (PDF)

    Complete Transcription To “Stray Cat Strut” (Power Tab)

    Stray Cat Strut Lyrics

    Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
    Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
    Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
    Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

    Black and orange stray cat sittin’ on a fence
    I ain’t got enough dough to pay the rent
    I’m flat broke but I don’t care
    I strut right by with my tail in the air

    Stray cat strut, well, I’m a ladies cat
    I’m a feline Casanova, hey man that’s that
    Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
    Get my dinner from a garbage can

    Don’t go crossing my path

    Well, I don’t bother chasing mice around
    Well, I’m slinkin’ down the alleyway looking for a fight
    Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
    Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry
    “Wild stray cat, you’re a real gone guy”
    I wish I could be as carefree and wild
    But I got cat class and I got cat style

    I don’t bother chasing mice around
    I’m slinkin’ down the alleyway looking for a fight
    Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
    Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry
    “Wild stray cat, you’re a real gone guy”
    I wish I could be as carefree and wild
    I got cat class and I got cat style