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: E7#9] She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth
Am Dm7 Am7 And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley Dm7 Esus4 E Esus4 E Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin, yeah yeah Dm7 F7 (Dsus4/A) It's tight in this business and young dudes are musclin' in
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 Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs
Chorus:
C Em7 F G Am Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? C Em7 F G Am Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
Instrumental break (2:31):
Dm Em F7 Em Dm Em F7 E7 Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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 ---------|---------|---------|--------- -7-------|-6-------|-7-------|-8------- -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10------- -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10------- ---------|---------|---------|--------- ---------|---------|---------|---------
(Am) [2X] v v v v v v v v ---------|--------- -7---6---|-7---8--- -9---8---|-9---10-- -9---8---|-9---10-- ---------|--------- ---------|---------
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
Dm7 F7 Esus4 E Esus4 E So get right, get tight, get down
(4:45):
Esus4 E Well, who's that down at the end of the alley Esus4 E She's been gone so long Esus4 E (Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes) the whole gang is watching her Esus4 E (Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes)
F#m | Kitty's back in town (here she comes now) | [4X] D A A/G# | Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, all right) |
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue Amaj7 F#m And that she left him for a city dude D E Well she's so soft, she's so blue Gsus4 G Gsus4 G When he looks into her eyes he just sits back and sighs
Coda (5:40):
C Em7 F G Am 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]
C Em7 F G Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
C Em7 F G Am9 / / / / / / / / / . / . /
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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