Mean Eyed Cat Chords by Johnny Cash

Tempo:
114.5 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

A

Em

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Johnny Cash - Mean Eyed Cat chords
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I gave my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a [E] little groceries [B] and don't spend no more.
So she paid [Em] ten dollars for a ten cent hat
[E] and bought some [A] store-bought cat food [B] for that mean [E]-eyed cat.
When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton-picking [E] thing [B] on her side of bed.
[E] I found a little old love where her head belonged.
It [A] said, dear John, honey baby, [B] I'm long gone.
[Em] When [A] I heard the [A] whistle blowing and the big wheels [Em] a-turning,
[E] I was scared as I could be.
I put on my overalls [A] and I headed to town,
[B] gonna bring her back with me.
[Em] I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes [B] and long blonde hair.
[Em] He spit his [Em] to back and said, I'll beat that plane.
I believe [Am] I did [C#m] see her leaving on [B] the eastbound [E] train.
I bought [A] a round-trip ticket on the eastbound train.
I [E] was broke as I could be.
But when I come back, I gotta [A] buy another ticket,
gonna [B] bring her back with [Em] me.
Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas,
and I worked up the guts to call [B] my mother-in-law.
[Em] She said, I'll tell [B] you where she is if [B] you act right.
[A] She's working 4-12 at [B] Trucker's World [E] tonight.
Well, [A] when I walked in, she saw me and she took off her apron
and [E] she grabbed her going-home hat.
[B] She bought [E] a ticket with her tips, now we're [A] curled up on a sofa,
me [B] and her and that [E] mean-eyed cat.
[Em] [E]
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2311
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To learn Johnny Cash - (Album Version) Mean Eyed Cat chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: E, Em, A, B and E. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 58 BPM and then match the original tempo of 116 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Minor in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I gave my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a [E] little groceries [B] and don't spend no more.
So she paid [Em] ten dollars for a ten cent hat
[E] and bought some [A] store-bought cat food [B] for that mean [E]-eyed cat.
_ When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton-picking [E] thing [B] on her side of bed.
[E] I found a little old love where her head belonged.
It [A] said, dear John, honey baby, [B] I'm long gone.
[Em] When [A] I heard the [A] whistle blowing and the big wheels [Em] a-turning,
[E] I was scared as I could be.
_ I put on my overalls [A] and I headed to town,
[B] gonna bring her back with me.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes [B] and long blonde hair.
[Em] He spit his [Em] to back and said, I'll beat that plane.
I believe [Am] I did [C#m] see her leaving on [B] the eastbound [E] train.
I bought [A] a round-trip ticket on the eastbound train.
I [E] was broke as I could be. _
But when I come back, I gotta [A] buy another ticket,
gonna [B] bring her back with [Em] me. _
_ _ _ _ Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas,
and I worked up the guts to call [B] my mother-in-law.
[Em] She said, I'll tell [B] you where she is if [B] you act right.
[A] She's working 4-12 at [B] Trucker's World [E] tonight.
_ Well, [A] when I walked in, she saw me and she took off her apron
and [E] she grabbed her going-home hat.
[B] _ She bought [E] a ticket with her tips, now we're [A] curled up on a sofa,
me [B] and her and that [E] mean-eyed cat. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _

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