Mean Eyed Cat Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
114.5 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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]
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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_ _ _ _ _ _ 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] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ 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] _ _ _ _