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Intro: A minorAm E minorEm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / A minorAm E minorEm EbmEbm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / DmDm G+G C majorC A minorAm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / DmDm G+G FF E7#9E7#9 [N.C.] / / / / / / / / / / / / / Note: Chord progression for verses is Am7add2 Bm7/E (except as indicated) right-hand keyboard voicings: G-B-C-E B-D-F#-A approximation on guitar: x05500 0x4435 Verse 1: Am7add2 Bm7/E [etc.] Catlong sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth [1: E7#9E7#9] She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth A minorAm Dm7Dm7 Am7Am7 And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley Dm7Dm7 Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin, yeah yeah Dm7Dm7 F7F7 (Dsus4/A) It's tight in this business and young dudes are musclin' in Dsus4/A D/AD/A A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE [2X] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 2: Big Jack Knife cries cause baby's in a bundle She goes runnin' nightly, lightly through the jungle And them tin cans are explodin' down in the ninety degree heat Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleeker Street Dm7Dm7 [N.C.] It's sad but it sure is true Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs Chorus: C majorC E minor 7Em7 FF G+G A minorAm Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? C majorC E minor 7Em7 FF G+G A minorAm Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? Instrumental break (2:31): DmDm E minorEm F7F7 E minorEm DmDm E minorEm F7F7 E7E7 A minorAm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / organ solo [6 bars], twin guitar solo [16 bars] on A minorAm horns arr. for guitar (3:12): (A minorAm) [2X] v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ---------|---------|---------|---------| -7-------|-6-------|-7-------|-8-------| -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------| -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| (A minorAm) [2X] v v v v v v v v ---------|---------| -7---6---|-7---8---| -9---8---|-9---10--| -9---8---|-9---10--| ---------|---------| ---------|---------| [4 bars yet to be transcribed] organ solo (3:36): DmDm A minorAm DmDm Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Dsus4/A D/AD/A A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE [4X] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 3: Catlong lies back bent on a trash can Flashin' lights cut the night into white cities of neon [?] Well you better move fast when you're young or you're not long around Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound Dm7Dm7 F7F7 Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE So get right, get tight, get down (4:45): Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Well, who's that down at the end of the alley Esus4Esus4 E MajorE She's been gone so long Esus4Esus4 E MajorE (Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes) the whole gang is watching her Esus4Esus4 E MajorE (Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes) F# minorF#m | Kitty's back in town (here she comes now) | [4X] D MajorD A augmentedA A/G# | Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, all right) | Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue Amaj7Amaj7 F# minorF#m And that she left him for a city dude D MajorD E MajorE Well she's so soft, she's so blue Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G When he looks into her eyes he just sits back and sighs Coda (5:40): C majorC E minor 7Em7 FF G+G A minorAm Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? Oh oh oh oh oh, all right (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, all right, ooh all right) [4X] (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, all right, oh all right) [6X; fade 6th time] C majorC E minor 7Em7 FF G+G A minorAm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / C majorC E minor 7Em7 FF G+G Am9Am9 / / / / / / / / / . / . /
Other versions of Kittys Back
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Kittys Back by Bruce Springsteen
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