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-------------------|------------------------------