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STRAY CAT STRUT
As recorded by The Stray Cats
(From the 1981 Album STRAY CATS)
Words and Music by Brian Setzer
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Setzer - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Shuffle Q=142(8=s8)
Cm
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
~
|-3--|
Wx2 E Q E E E E E E
|------------|---8--8--------------|
|------------|---8--8--------------|
|------------|---8--8-11p10p8-10-8-|
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|
G+7 E E E E E E E E +E
1.,2.,3.
N.C.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. |------------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------| |--------8---6-----|------------------|---------------|-----------------| |------7---6-----8-|-(8)\-------------|---------------|-----------------| |----9---------7---|------------------|---------------|---10\-----8\----| |-10---------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------| |------------------|------8------6----|---4------3----|-----------------| E Q. E Q. E CmE Q E BbE Q E Ab7E Q E G7E Q 4x
|---------------||----3-3---------|----------------||
|---------------||o---4-4----6-6--|---4-4----3-3--o||
|---------------||----5-5----7-7--|---5-5----4-4---||
|---6\-----5----||------5----8-8--|---4-4----3-3---||
|---------------||o-----5------8--|-----6------5--o||
|---------------||-------------6--|-----4------3---||
1st Verse
4.
E Ab7E q E G7E E E +Q Cmq Bbq q Ab7q q E G7E q Cm E E Q BbE E Q
|--------------3-||-(3)--3--------|--------------|-----8---------6---|
|---4-4----3-3-4-||-(4)--4--3--3--|-4--4----3-3--|-----8--8----6-6---|
|---5-5----4-4-5-||-(5)--5--3--3--|-5--5----4-4--|-----8--8----7-7---|
|---4-4------3-5-||-(5)--5--3--3--|-4--4----3-3--|----10-10----8-8---|
|-----6------5-3-||-(3)--3--1--1--|-6--6----5-5--|-10----------------|
|-----4------3---||---------------|-4--4----3-3--|--8--------6-------|
Ab7E E E E G7E E E CmE q q Bbq q Ab7q E G7E +E E E E E E E E BbE E Q
|---4-4-4---3-3-3-|-3--3--------|------------3-----|-------------------|
|---4-4-4---3-3-4-|-4--4--6--6--|-4--4-3-(3)-3-3---|----8--8-----6-6---|
|---5-5-----4-4-5-|-5--5--7--7--|-5--5-4-(4)-4-4---|----8--8-----7-7---|
|-4-6-6-----5-5---|-------8--8--|-4--4-3-(3)---3---|---10-10-----8-8---|
|-6---------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-4-------3-------|-------6--6--|-4--4-----------7S|=8-------8S6-------|
Ab7E E Q G7E E E E Cmq q Bbq q Ab7E Q G7E +E E Q Cm Q Q H
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--8\----------|
|---4-4----3-3-4-|-4--4--3--3--|---4--3-(3)-3-3--|--8\----------|
|---5-5----4-4-5-|-5--5--3--3--|-5-5--4-(4)-4-4--|--8\----------|
|---4-4----5-5-5-|-5--5--3--3--|-4-4--3-(3)-3-3--|-10\----------|
|----------------|-3--3--1--1--|-----------------|--------------|
|-4------3-------|-------------|-4---------------|--------------|
Chorus
Fm Eb Db7 Fm Eb
W E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------||--9----9---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9----9---8---8----|
|----------||-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10---10---8---8----|
|----------||-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10---10---8---8----|
|----------||--8----8---6---6---|-4-4---3-(3)---3--|--8----8---6---6----|
|----------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
DbE E E C7E +E E Q Fm E E E E EbE E E E DbE E E C7E +E E Q Fm H H
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--8\---------|
|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9----9---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9\---------|
|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10\---------|
|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10\---------|
|-4-4---5-(5)---3--|--8----8---6---6---|-4-----5-(5)---3--|--8\---------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm Bb
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-3---3------------|
|----------|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3---|-4---4---6---6----|
|----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4---|-5---5---7---7----|
|----------|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3---|-5---5---8---8----|
|----------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-3---3------------|
|----------|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3---|---------6---6----|
Guitar Solo 1
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----3------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E +E +E E E
|------------------||-------8-------------------------|
|-4---4---3---3----||-------8-------------------------|
|-5---5---4---4-10-||-(10)------10b11==(10)r(10)------|
|-4---4---3---3----||----------------------------10-8S|
|------------------||---------------------------------|
|-4---4---3---3----||---------------------------------|
|-3-|
E E S S S S S +Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------0h3p0-(0)-----|---------0--------|
|-6-8-6-8---------------|---0-1-3---1-0----|
|---------------------2S|=3-------------3--|
|-----------------------|------------------|
~Cm> Bb6 Ab6 G7 ~~~~~~ ~
S S E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-3---3---6---6---|-4-4---3-(3)----|----------------|
|-------4-7-6----|-4---4---8---8---|-6-6---6-(6)----|-----------4-7--|
|-----5----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5-5---4-(4)----|---------5------|
|-5S6------------|-5---5---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)----|-----4-7--------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-3-6------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Bridge
$
+E E a E E +E E E E Fm E E Q E Q Fm7 E
|-----8---------------------||--8\----8---8--8---8-|
|-(7)---------------------8-||--9\----9---9--9---9-|
|-------7h8----------8-10-8-||-10\---10--10-10---8-|
|-----------10-(10)-10-12---||-10\---10--10-10--10-|
|---------------------------||-------------------8-|
|---------------------------||---------------------|
+E E +E E E E Q E Cm E Q E E E E
|--(8)-8-(8)-8-8-8-8--|----8----10--8---8-|
|--(9)-9-(9)-9-9-9-9--|----8-----8--8---8-|
|--(8)-8-(8)-8-8-8-8--|----8-----8--8---8-|
|-(10)----------------|---10----10-10-----|
|--(8)----------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Fm7 Fm9
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---8---8S7S8-------|----8----8----8-----|
|---8---8S7S8-----9-|----9----9----9---8-|
|---8---8S7S8-----8-|----8----8----8---8-|
|-------------10-10-|---10---10---10---6-|
|-------------------|------------------8-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E Q E +E E Q E D7 E E E E E E E
|--------8-(8)------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-(6)-6--6-(6)-6-6--|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
G7+9 Cm Bb Ab7 G7
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||--------------------|------------------|
|----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3-3--|
|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4-4--|
|----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3-3--|
|---10-------------------------------||--------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------||--------------------|------------------|
Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm Bb Ab7 G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3-3-|----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3---|
|----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4-4-|----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4---|
|---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3-3-|---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3---|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
To Coda
Cm Cm Bb Ab7 G7
Q Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--8\----------|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|--8\----------|----------|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3----|
|--8\----------|----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4----|
|-10\----------|----------|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3----|
|--------------|----------|-3---3-----------|-6---6---5---5----|
|--------------|----------|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3----|
Interlude
1.,2.,3.
Cm Bb7 Cm G7 Cm Ab7 G7+9
~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. +Q. E E Q. E Q. 4x
|-----------------|-----------------||----3----(3)-----|---4-------------||
|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3---||o---4----(4)-----|---4------4-----o||
|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4---||----5----(5)-----|---5------4------||
|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3---||--5-5----(5)-----|---4----3--------||
|-3---3-----------|-6---6---5---5---||o-3--------------|----------------o||
|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3---||---------------3S|=4------3--------||
Guitar Solo 2
4.
Ab7 G7 Eb°7 D°7
~~~~~~~~
E Q E E E E E +H. E E Q. E Q Q
|----4--4-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-11-------10-----|
|----4--4-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-10--------9-----|
|----5--5-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-11-------10-----|
|-----------3-----|---------------||-10--------9-----|
|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|
|-/4--------3-----|------------11-||-------10--------|
Cm
~~ ~~~~~~ ~
|-----3------|
E Q. E E S +S +S E +E E E E +E E E E
|---8----------------------------|----------------------|
|---8------11-11---------------8-|-(8)\-----4-(4)-----3-|
|---8------10-10b11==(10)r(10)-8-|-(8)\---5---------4---|
|--------------------------------|------6---------5-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
Eb°7 D°7
E Q. +Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---8----(8)------|-11------10----8--|
|---8----(8)------|-10-------9-------|
|---8----(8)------|-11------10-------|
|-----------------|-10-------9-------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------11-|------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E S +S +S S
|-11-10-8---------------8--------------------|
|---------11-10-8-------8--------------------|
|-----------------10h12---10b12==(10)r(10)p8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
|----3----| |-3--|
E +E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-10b12-(10)-8---------8-8----------||
|--------------10----8-----10-8-----||
|-----------------10------------10--||
|-----------------------------------||
Outro
&
W W
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
Cm9 TP
|-----3------|
E E S +S +S E E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|---8------------------------------|-----------------10---|
|----------------------------------|------------------8---|
|-----10b12==(10)r(10)p8-10-8------|------------------8---|
|-----------------------------10-8-|----7-9-10-(10)---8---|
|----------------------------------|-10--------------10---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
TP
+W Q Q H
|-(10)--------|-10\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|-(10)--------|-10\----------*|
|-------------|--------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths