Stray Cat Strut - Acoustic Guitar Lesson

This lesson is on how to play Stray Cat Strut by the Stray Cats. A cool rockabilly beat that's fun to play on acoustic! Add in some chord flourishes and percussive strumming and you've got yourself a rocker. You'll need to know barre chords before tackling this one so I'd consider this an intermediate-level lesson. Any requests on song lessons? Let me know in the comments below.

Copy paste the lyrics and chords below. I've got the song laid out in the structure that I play it so you can follow along when I play the full version at the end of the lesson.

Song/Chord sheet:
Stray Cat Strut
by Stray Cats

Intro
Cm7 A#7 G#7 G7
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Verse I:
Cm7 A#7 G#7 G7
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

Chorus:
Fm7 D#7 C#7 C7
Stray cat strut, 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
(no chord – percussive strum)
Get my dinner from a garbage can
Instrumental verse chords (end with guitar lick into Bridge)

Bridge:
Fm7 Cm7
I don't bother chasing mice around
Fm7 Cm7
I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight
D9 G7
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night

Verse II:
Cm7 A#7 G#7 G7
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
(no chord – percussive strum)
But I got cat class and I got cat style

Instrumental verse chords (end with guitar lick into Bridge)

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Verse II

Instrumental Verse

Outro guitar lick