Mean Eyed Cat Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
113.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a little groceries and don't [C] spend no more.
[F] Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat,
and [Bb] got some store bought [C] cat food for [F] me and I can't.
When [Bb] I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket,
[F] she was mad as she could be.
Then I bet ten more [Bb] that if she ever left,
[C] she'd come a crawling [F] back to me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Am] [F]
When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton picking thing on her [C] side of the bed.
[F] I found a little old oak where her head belonged.
It [Bb] said, dear John, honey, baby, [F] I'm long gone.
When I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels were turning,
I was scared as I could be.
I put on my [Bb] overalls and I headed for town.
I'm [C] gonna bring her back [F] with me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
I asked the man down at the station if he had seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair.
He spit his tobacco and said I'll be that blamed.
[Bb] I believe a dead seer leaving on an [F] eastbound train.
I bought a round trip ticket on an eastbound train.
I was broke as I could be.
But when I come back, I gotta [Bb] buy another ticket.
[C] Gonna bring her back [F] with me.
[F] [C] [F]
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a little groceries and don't [C] spend no more.
[F] Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat,
and [Bb] got some store bought [C] cat food for [F] me and I can't.
When [Bb] I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket,
[F] she was mad as she could be.
Then I bet ten more [Bb] that if she ever left,
[C] she'd come a crawling [F] back to me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Am] [F]
When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton picking thing on her [C] side of the bed.
[F] I found a little old oak where her head belonged.
It [Bb] said, dear John, honey, baby, [F] I'm long gone.
When I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels were turning,
I was scared as I could be.
I put on my [Bb] overalls and I headed for town.
I'm [C] gonna bring her back [F] with me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
I asked the man down at the station if he had seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair.
He spit his tobacco and said I'll be that blamed.
[Bb] I believe a dead seer leaving on an [F] eastbound train.
I bought a round trip ticket on an eastbound train.
I was broke as I could be.
But when I come back, I gotta [Bb] buy another ticket.
[C] Gonna bring her back [F] with me.
Key:
F
Bb
C
Am
F
Bb
C
Am
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a little groceries and don't [C] spend no more.
[F] Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat,
and [Bb] got some store bought [C] cat food for [F] me and I can't.
When [Bb] I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket,
[F] she was mad as she could be.
_ Then I bet ten more [Bb] that if she ever left,
[C] she'd come a crawling [F] back to me.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton picking thing on her [C] side of the bed.
[F] I found a little old oak where her head belonged.
It [Bb] said, dear John, honey, baby, [F] I'm long gone.
When I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels were turning,
I was scared as I could be.
_ I put on my [Bb] overalls and I headed for town.
I'm [C] gonna bring her back [F] with me.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I asked the man down at the station if he had seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair.
He spit his tobacco and said I'll be that blamed.
[Bb] I believe a dead seer leaving on an [F] eastbound train.
_ I bought a round trip ticket on an eastbound train.
I was broke as I could be.
_ But when I come back, I gotta [Bb] buy another ticket.
[C] Gonna bring her back [F] with me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
I said, now buy a little groceries and don't [C] spend no more.
[F] Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat,
and [Bb] got some store bought [C] cat food for [F] me and I can't.
When [Bb] I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket,
[F] she was mad as she could be.
_ Then I bet ten more [Bb] that if she ever left,
[C] she'd come a crawling [F] back to me.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
When I woke up this morning and I turned my head,
there wasn't a cotton picking thing on her [C] side of the bed.
[F] I found a little old oak where her head belonged.
It [Bb] said, dear John, honey, baby, [F] I'm long gone.
When I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels were turning,
I was scared as I could be.
_ I put on my [Bb] overalls and I headed for town.
I'm [C] gonna bring her back [F] with me.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I asked the man down at the station if he had seen her there.
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair.
He spit his tobacco and said I'll be that blamed.
[Bb] I believe a dead seer leaving on an [F] eastbound train.
_ I bought a round trip ticket on an eastbound train.
I was broke as I could be.
_ But when I come back, I gotta [Bb] buy another ticket.
[C] Gonna bring her back [F] with me.
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