WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Johnny Cash - Mean Eyed Cat Chords | Ver. 1
INTRO: Bb F Fm C F
#1.
F
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
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I said, now buy a little groceries, and don't spend
no more.
F
Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat and bought
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some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat.
#2.
F Bb
When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket
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she was mad as she could be.
Fm F Bb
Then I bet ten more that if she ever left she'd come
C F
a-crawlin' back to me.
INTERLUDE: Bb F Bb F Bb Fm C F
#3.
F
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head there
C
wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed.
F
I found a little old note where her head belonged,
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it said, dear John, honey, baby, I'm long gone.
#4.
Bb
When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels
Fm F
a-turnin' I was as scared as I could be.
Bb
I put on my overalls and I headed for town, I'm gonna
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bring her back with me.
INTERLUDE: F Bb F Fm F Bb F Bb F Fm C F
#5.
F Fm
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there.
F C
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blonde hair.
F
He spit his tobacco, said, I'll be dad blamed, I believe I
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did see her leavin' on an east bound train.
#6.
Bb
I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train, I was
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broke as I could be.
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But when I come back, gotta buy another ticket, gonna bring
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her back with me.
#7.
Bb F
Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas and I worked
up the guts to call my mother-in-law.
Bb
She said, I'll tell you where she is, if you act right.
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She's workin' four to twelve at Trucker's World tonight.
OUTRO:
F
When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron,
and she grabbed her goin' home hat.
Bb
She bought a ticket with her tips and now we've curled up on
C F
the sofa, me and her, and that mean eyed cat.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.