Cat-eye Willie Claims His Lover chords by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover



INTRO: Am

         G        Am
Bonnie Brown lay down the jack of diamonds
          C        Am
Young Cody took the king of clubs in trade
            G        Am
The queen of hearts was dealt to Simple Simon
          C        Am
But Cat-eye Willie drew the ace of spades

          G         Am
Oh, Bonnie make the bed that you were born in
         C       Am
Turn your daddy's picture to the wall
           G       Am
For you'll not marry Cody, come the morning
           C        Am
Tonight ol' Shuffling Willie comes to call


CHORUS:
N.C.  C       G       Dm      Am
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
    C           G         Am
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
      C       G
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
  Dm          Am
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
   C       G         Am
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover


        G       Am
As the hour of midnight was approaching
           C         Am
She heard his goblin boot-heels on the floor
            G       Am
The tattered rags like raven wings in motion
         C        Am
The hammer hand upon the bedroom door


          G       Am
"Have mercy on this high-born lily maiden
          C       Am
The fairest of the valley so they say"
             G        Am
"'Twas you who mocked my bent back, heavy laden
         C         Am
No mercy had you in your heart that day"


CHORUS:
N.C.  C       G       Dm      Am
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
    C           G         Am
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
      C       G
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
  Dm          Am
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
   C       G         Am
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover



INSTRUMENTAL: (Fiddle Break)


        G        Am
Now he has had away her coat of leather
        C       Am
And he has had away her daisy dress
          G       Am
But as he slumbers on her bed of feathers
          C       Am
She breaks a silver dagger in his chest


BRIDGE:
   Dm        Am       G         Am
"Oh, hold your pillow to my breast to stay this crimson flood
    G        F                 E7
For my darling, oh, my darling you have spilled my mortal blood"
   Dm       Am        G         Am
"No, I will not your darling be, while I have breath and spit in me"
    C           G         E
"Then I curse your proud house down, 'til you're buried in the ground"


CHORUS:
N.C.  C       G       Dm      Am
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
    C           G         Am
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
      C       G
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
  Dm          Am
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
   C       G         Am
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover


           G         Am
Now twenty years her suitors have been idle
           C        Am
And twenty years her cat-eye boy has grown
          G         Am
And he has stolen a ruttled horse and bridle
         C       Am
And taken to the cullion road alone


            G       Am
"Oh, build my tomb down in some meadow lonely
         C        Am
Mark it with the traitor diamond knave
           G        Am
For I have served one master, true and only
          C        Am
And I will sleep beside him in the grave"


CHORUS:
N.C.  C       G       Dm      Am
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
    C           G         Am
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
      C       G
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
  Dm          Am
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
   C       G         Am
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover
   F       Em         Am
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover