Chords for Lonesome River Band - Stray Dogs and Alley Cats

_ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb]
I'd spend [Am] some money out of Mama's purse.
[C] _ _
[G] She'd pray that I'd slip [Bb] away. _
That I'd be [D] home all night playing [Em] all day.
[F] _
I'd be at her [D] home and she'd shake [C] her head.
_ [Bb]
Flood [Am] pillars on the door,
I'd get up [C] off the devil's bed.
I'd tell [G] Mama, [C] no, just how you [F] feel.
That I made enough to cover [C] all our [Bb] bills.
She'd bat her head and [C] then toot it through [F] hell.
Love ain't [D] so bad as that big tell.
[Bb] I don't expect to [D] see God's right hand.
But I could empty Heaven's garbage [C] can.
[Bb] Whoa, whoa, hope [C] there's room [Db] on those [Dm] golden _ _ [Bb] streets.
_ _ _ For [C] stray dogs and alley [B] cats [F] like [Em] me.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [E] Oh, I love it [D] when the day's front [F] gate.
_ [Bb] Maybe I could [G] go in the back [C] way.
_ [G] I ain't a problem but it'd shine real bright.
[Bb] _ Let me get [G] me through [E] the cloud at night.
[F] _ [E] Now I don't care [Dm] if I'm the last to sing.
[Bb] _ If I've got [G] a small little [C] set of wings.
_ [G] I'd watch the [C] little dogs down on Earth.
[Bb] _ [A] And follow them when they [G] sneak out of church.
[Bb] _ She'd bat her head [Cm] and then toot it [D] through hell.
[F] _ [E] Love ain't so [Dm] bad as that big tell.
[Bb] I don't expect to [C] see God's [Bm] right [F] hand.
But I could [D] empty Heaven's garbage can.
[Bb] Whoa, whoa, hope [Cm] there's room on [Db] those [Dm] golden [C] streets.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ For stray [G] dogs and alley cats.
_ [Bb] For stray [C] dogs and alley cats.
[Bb] For stray [C] dogs and alley [Dm] cats [F] like me.
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
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