Mean Eyed Cat chords by Johnny Cash

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Mean Eyed Cat:Johnny Cash.
#30 on BB Hot Country on SUN
Records in 1960.


INTRO: Bb majorBb FF F minorFm C majorC FF

#1.
FF
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.
   FF
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.
FF   Bb majorBb
When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket
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she was mad as she could be.
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Then I bet ten more that if she ever left she'd come
 C majorC        FF
a-crawlin' back to me.


INTERLUDE: Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb F minorFm C majorC FF


#3.
FF
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head there
                   C majorC
wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed.
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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 majorBb
When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels
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a-turnin' I was as scared as I could be.
              Bb majorBb
I put on my overalls and I headed for town, I'm gonna
C majorC          FF
bring her back with me.

INTERLUDE: FF Bb majorBb FF F minorFm FF Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb FF F minorFm C majorC FF


#5.
FF                        F minorFm
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there.
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I told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blonde hair.
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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 majorBb
I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train, I was
FF
broke as I could be.
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But when I come back, gotta buy another ticket, gonna bring
  F minorFm  C majorC  FF
her back with me.


#7.
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Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas and I worked

up the guts to call my mother-in-law.
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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:
FF
When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron,

and she grabbed her goin' home hat.
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She bought a ticket with her tips and now we've curled up on
     C majorC               FF
the sofa, me and her, and that mean eyed cat.



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