Cats Under The Stars chords by Jerry Garcia Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Main Riff:

C majorC     FF     A minorAm   G+G
Cats Down Under The Stars

C majorC     Bb majorBb

Verse 1:
C majorC          Bb majorBb C majorC          Bb majorBb
Cats on the blacktop, birdie in the treetop,
C majorC                   FF  E minorEm D MajorD
Someone plays guitar that sounds like cla-vi- nette.
A minorAm      D MajorD   A minorAm    D MajorD
I ain't ready yet, to go to bed,
FF     E minorEm   DmDm  A minorAm C majorC  G+G FF
Think I'll take a walk downtown instead.

Verse 2:
C majorC          Bb majorBb C majorC          Bb majorBb
Cats on the bandstand, Give'em each a big hand,
C majorC                   FF  E minorEm D MajorD
Anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
A minorAm      D MajorD    A minorAm    D MajorD
No one wants to fight; no blackeye,
FF     E minorEm   DmDm  A minorAm C majorC  G+G  FF
Just another cat beneath the stars tonight.

Verse 3:
C majorC          Bb majorBb C majorC          Bb majorBb
Cats in the limelight, feels like it's alright,
C majorC                   FF  E minorEm D MajorD
Everybody wants something they might not get.
A minorAm      D MajorD  A minorAm    D MajorD
I ain' ready yet, it ain't complete,
FF     E minorEm   DmDm   A minorAm C majorC   G+G   FF
That's why I am headin' down to Alleycat Street.

Cat Walk Riff:

Bridge:
DmDm  C majorC  DmDm   C majorC Bm7Bm7  Bb majorBb
Sa- tin blouse unbuttoning,
DmDm  C majorC  DmDm   C majorC Bm7Bm7  Bb majorBb
Sa- tin blouse unbuttoning,
A augmentedA                  FF  C majorC  G+G
Time is a stripper doin' it just for you.
A augmentedA                  C majorC  G+G  FF   G+G   Bb majorBb C majorC
Time is a stripper doin' it just for you.      Just for you

D MajorD    Bb majorBb  FF  C majorC  (4X)
    Just For You
    AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb   FF C majorC  G+G

Verse 4:
C majorC          Bb majorBb C majorC            Bb majorBb
Knock in the brass tacks, cover up your tracks Jack,
C majorC                 FF  E minorEm D MajorD
You ain't nowhere till you can pay your own way back.
A minorAm      D MajorD     A minorAm    D MajorD
What else do you lack; to make it right,
FF  E minorEm  DmDm  A minorAm  C majorC   G+G   FF
But cats down under the stars tonight.

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Main Riff: - (^) Slide Up (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off
              A minorAm  FF
e|--------------------------0-----1--------------------------
BB|---------------------0----1-----1--------------------------
G+G|--------------------------2-----2--------------------------
D MajorD|------------------2-------2-----3---------0--2--3--3^5-----
A augmentedA|-2p0---------2------------0-----3----2h3----------------1^3
E MajorE|-------3--0------------------------------------------------

(Cats Down Under The Stars)
Then repeat above.
Then, below:

e|-----------------------
BB|-----------------------
G+G|-----------------------
D MajorD|-------------------2--3
A augmentedA|--------2--3--5--------
E MajorE|-3--5------------------

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Cat Walk Riff:

e|------------------------|------------------------------
BB|------------------------|-------------------------7--8-
G+G|------------------------|------------6--7---9----------
D MajorD|------------------2--3--|----7--9----------------------
A augmentedA|-------2--3--5----------|------------------------------
E MajorE|-3--5-------------------|------------------------------