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Intro
LAm MIm
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LAm MIm MIbm
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REm SOL DO LAm
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Dm G F E7#9 [N.C.]
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Note: Chord progression for verses is Am7add2 Bm7/E (except as indicated)
right-hand keyboard voicings: G-B-C-E B-D-F#-A
approximation on guitar: x05500 0x4435
Verse 1:
Am7add2 Bm7/E [etc.]
Catlong sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth
1 MI7#9
She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth
LAm REm7 LAm7
And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
REm7 MIsus4 MI MIsus4 MI
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin,
yeah yeah
REm7 FA7 /LA)
It's tight in this business and young dudes are musclin' in
REsus4/LA RE/LA LA FA#m MI 2X
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Verse 2:
Big Jack Knife cries cause baby's in a bundle
She goes runnin' nightly, lightly through the jungle
And them tin cans are explodin' down in the ninety degree heat
Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleeker Street
Dm7 [N.C.]
It's sad but it sure is true
SOLsus4 SOL SOLsus4 SOL
Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs
Chorus
DO MIm7 FA SOL LAm
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
DO MIm7 FA SOL LAm
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
Instrumental break (2:31):
REm MIm FA7 MIm REm MIm FA7 MI7 LAm
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organ solo [6 bars], twin guitar solo [16 bars] on Am
horns arr. for guitar (3:12):
(Am) 2X
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-7-------|-6-------|-7-------|-8-------
-9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------
-9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------
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(Am) 2X
v v v v v v v v
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-7---6---|-7---8---
-9---8---|-9---10--
-9---8---|-9---10--
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[4 bars yet to be transcribed]
organ solo (3:36):
REm LAm REm MIsus4 MI MIsus4 MI
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REsus4/LA RE/LA LA FA#m MI 4X
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Verse 3:
Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashin' lights cut the night into white cities of neon [?]
Well you better move fast when you're young or you're not long around
Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
REm7 FA7 MIsus4 MI MIsus4 MI
So get right, get tight, get down
(4 45)
MIsus4 MI
Well, who's that down at the end of the alley
MIsus4 MI
She's been gone so long
MIsus4 MI
(Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes)
the whole gang is watching her
MIsus4 MI
(Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes)
FA#m
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now) | [4X]
RE LA LA/SOL#
Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, all right) |
REsus4 RE REsus4 RE
Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue
LAmaj7 FA#m
And that she left him for a city dude
RE MI
Well she's so soft, she's so blue
SOLsus4 SOL SOLsus4 SOL
When he looks into her eyes he just sits back and sighs
Coda (5:40):
DO MIm7 FA SOL LAm
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
Oh oh oh oh oh, all right
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, all right, ooh all right) [4X]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, all right, oh all right) [6X; fade 6th time]
DO MIm7 FA SOL LAm
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DO MIm7 FA SOL LAm9
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