Cat Blues Chords by Luther Allison

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[Fm] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] [D] You see I want to be home today babe [B] I want to lay around with you [D] and the kids
You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] see I want to be home today babe _ _ I want to lay [F] around with [D] you and the kids _ _
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[A] know I'll always have a job there _ [Bb] _
It won't be over there [G] at that old caterpillar _ _
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_ [D] _ I just want to cross that bridge [F] babe _
[B] There's _ no [D] other way to go
I'm _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] going over the hill babe There's _ _ _ _ [G] no other [D] way to go
The _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ blocks are gonna be tearing the [Abm] world and the people [G] gonna need me _ _ _
[D] I just _ _ [G] can't carry that [D] heavy load
_ [B] _ _ [D] And cat you know you _ [B] go to work on time _ [D] They don't care what else you got to do in life
They just want you to grind, grind, grind [B] No more working over the hill from this [Am] [G] old _ _ _ _ _ caterpillar _ _
[Dm] I'll _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] see, I'll see those niggas let us [Dm] go where we go
_ _ Down [D] the road, _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F] _
[Em] hey, hey, hey
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_ _ [B] _ Oh _ _ [Bb] _
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baby, boy, baby, you and [G] I _ _
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[F] _ [B] My brother's a [Am] caterpillar [Dm] My [F] _
[Em] sister's a cat [Am] too
My _ daddy told me I have a good job
_ [Dm] I said daddy look what done happened to you [G] _ You old _ _
[B] _ _ _ Old to go over the [D] hill
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] If you don't let me go over there [B] daddy
_ _ That old will [D] house somebody [G] else
_ [Fm] I got [Ab] in trouble with my woman and I [Em] can't help [B] _ [D] it.
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[E] Yeah.
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Baby, I ain't going nowhere.
_ _ [Ab] _ I [D] cannot [Bm] go to work.
[F] _ _ [E] Cause, cause cat too hard for [B] me.
_ You hear me?
Caterpillar's too damn hard for Luther to go to work over there anymore.
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ You go.
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_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, okay, but anyway, thing is, honey.
You know, when I go to Caterpillar,
_ I come home, [C] I quit drinking.
_ _ That's good, right?
[F] I quit smoking.
_ [C] _ _ That's good, right? _
[Cm] I [F] quit_
You _ _ _ [Ab] think that's good?
_ _ All right, you still [Fm] want me to go up the [Bm] hill?
_ _ [Am] _ [Fm] Oh, I thought you loved me, [N] baby.
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Everybody what?
_ [N] _ _ _ Everybody live in Peoria do what?
_ _ Go to Caterpillar?
[Bm] For what?
_ [A] _ It's a good job. _
[B] I know it.
[E] That's where I'm going to stay [Bm] away from it.
It's too good for [Am] me.
_ _ [Ab] _ You heard me now, baby.
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_ _ Okay, I'll tell you what [Fm] I'm going to do.
I'm going to [G] work at Caterpillar alone enough to buy [Dm] me a guitar.
[G] _ _ [B] You heard me?
A guitar.
[F] You know [B] what I'm going to do with [N] the guitar? _ _
_ I'm going to squeeze it.
_ Cheeze it.
[G] And I'm going to play it just for [D] you and Caterpillar [G] people too.
All them good people that want [Ab] to be a damn fool to [D] go with that bitch.
Go right [Am] ahead. _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] you want me to [D] go to Caterpillar?
[F] What you want me to do?
_ [Bm] Okay, that's the kind of words I like to hear you [D] say, baby.
I'm going to stay at home [Ab] with you all day, _ [G] all night, _ all evening, _ for the rest of my life. _
Just me and you.
Just going to [F] hang on, okay?
[C] Turn the stereo on and listen [A] to some Muddy Water.
Some BB King.
_ [Gb] [G] Some Jimi Hendrix.
And some Luther [Ab] Ellison.
And some Freddie [Bm] Kaye and Jimmy Reed.
And [G] we're going to [Ab] squeeze each other.
We're going to cheeze each [D] other.
We're going to say goodbye to Caterpillar. _ _ _
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Go _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Caterpillar. _ _ _ _
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