Cats Under The Stars chords by Jerry Garcia Band

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Main Riff:

C         F         Am     G
Cats Down Under The Stars

C         Bb

Verse 1:
C                   Bb C                   Bb
Cats on the blacktop, birdie in the treetop,
C                                     F   Em  D
Someone plays guitar that sounds like cla-vi- nette.
Am            D     Am        D
I ain't ready yet,  to go to bed,
F          Em     Dm   Am  C    G F
Think I'll take a walk downtown instead.

Verse 2:
C                   Bb C                   Bb
Cats on the bandstand, Give'em each a big hand,
C                                     F   Em  D
Anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
Am            D        Am        D
No one wants to fight; no blackeye,
F          Em     Dm   Am  C    G   F
Just another cat beneath the stars tonight.

Verse 3:
C                   Bb C                   Bb
Cats in the limelight, feels like it's alright,
C                                     F   Em  D
Everybody wants something they might not get.
Am            D   Am        D
I ain' ready yet, it ain't complete,
F          Em     Dm     Am  C     G      F
That's why I am headin' down to Alleycat Street.

Cat Walk Riff:

Bridge:
Dm   C   Dm     C Bm7   Bb
Sa-  tin blouse unbuttoning,
Dm   C   Dm     C Bm7   Bb
Sa-  tin blouse unbuttoning,
A                                    F   C   G
Time is a stripper doin' it just for you.
A                                    C   G   F      G     Bb  C
Time is a stripper doin' it just for you.           Just  for you

D       Bb   F   C   (4X)
        Just For You
        Ab  Eb  Bb     F  C   G

Verse 4:
C                   Bb C                       Bb
Knock in the brass tacks, cover up your tracks Jack,
C                                  F   Em  D
You ain't nowhere till you can pay your own way back.
Am            D         Am        D
What else do you lack;  to make it right,
F   Em    Dm   Am   C     G      F
But cats down under the stars tonight.

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Main Riff: - (^) Slide Up  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off
                           Am    F
e|--------------------------0-----1--------------------------
B|---------------------0----1-----1--------------------------
G|--------------------------2-----2--------------------------
D|------------------2-------2-----3---------0--2--3--3^5-----
A|-2p0---------2------------0-----3----2h3----------------1^3
E|-------3--0------------------------------------------------

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

e|-----------------------
B|-----------------------
G|-----------------------
D|-------------------2--3
A|--------2--3--5--------
E|-3--5------------------

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Cat Walk Riff:

e|------------------------|------------------------------
B|------------------------|-------------------------7--8-
G|------------------------|------------6--7---9----------
D|------------------2--3--|----7--9----------------------
A|-------2--3--5----------|------------------------------
E|-3--5-------------------|------------------------------