Stray Cat Strut Tab
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Author Neckwringer [a] 407,596. Last edit on Apr 4, 2015
STRAY CAT STRUT
As recorded by The Stray Cats
(From the 1981 Album STRAY CATS)
Words and Music by Brian Setzer
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Setzer - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Shuffle Q=142(8=s8)
Cm
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
~
|-3--|
Wx2 E Q E E E E E E
|------------|---8--8--------------|
|------------|---8--8--------------|
|------------|---8--8-11p10p8-10-8-|
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|
G+7 N.C.
E E E E E E E E +E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------8---6-----|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------7---6-----8-|-(8)\-------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----9---------7---|------------------|---------------|---10\-----8\----|
|-10---------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------8------6----|---4------3----|-----------------|
1.,2.,3.
Cm Bb Ab7 G7
E Q. E Q. E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
|---------------||----3-3---------|----------------||
|---------------||o---4-4----6-6--|---4-4----3-3--o||
|---------------||----5-5----7-7--|---5-5----4-4---||
|---6\-----5----||------5----8-8--|---4-4----3-3---||
|---------------||o-----5------8--|-----6------5--o||
|---------------||-------------6--|-----4------3---||
1st Verse
4.
Ab7 G7 Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm Bb
E E q E E E E +Q q q q q q E E q E E Q E E Q
|--------------3-||-(3)--3--------|--------------|-----8---------6---|
|---4-4----3-3-4-||-(4)--4--3--3--|-4--4----3-3--|-----8--8----6-6---|
|---5-5----4-4-5-||-(5)--5--3--3--|-5--5----4-4--|-----8--8----7-7---|
|---4-4------3-5-||-(5)--5--3--3--|-4--4----3-3--|----10-10----8-8---|
|-----6------5-3-||-(3)--3--1--1--|-6--6----5-5--|-10----------------|
|-----4------3---||---------------|-4--4----3-3--|--8--------6-------|
Ab7 G7 Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Bb
E E E E E E E E q q q q q E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---4-4-4---3-3-3-|-3--3--------|------------3-----|-------------------|
|---4-4-4---3-3-4-|-4--4--6--6--|-4--4-3-(3)-3-3---|----8--8-----6-6---|
|---5-5-----4-4-5-|-5--5--7--7--|-5--5-4-(4)-4-4---|----8--8-----7-7---|
|-4-6-6-----5-5---|-------8--8--|-4--4-3-(3)---3---|---10-10-----8-8---|
|-6---------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-4-------3-------|-------6--6--|-4--4-----------7S|=8-------8S6-------|
Ab7 G7 Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm
E E Q E E E E q q q q E Q E +E E Q Q Q H
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--8\----------|
|---4-4----3-3-4-|-4--4--3--3--|---4--3-(3)-3-3--|--8\----------|
|---5-5----4-4-5-|-5--5--3--3--|-5-5--4-(4)-4-4--|--8\----------|
|---4-4----5-5-5-|-5--5--3--3--|-4-4--3-(3)-3-3--|-10\----------|
|----------------|-3--3--1--1--|-----------------|--------------|
|-4------3-------|-------------|-4---------------|--------------|
Chorus
Fm Eb Db7 Fm Eb
W E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------||--9----9---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9----9---8---8----|
|----------||-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10---10---8---8----|
|----------||-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10---10---8---8----|
|----------||--8----8---6---6---|-4-4---3-(3)---3--|--8----8---6---6----|
|----------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
Db C7 Fm Eb Db C7 Fm
E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q H H
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--8\---------|
|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9----9---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|--9\---------|
|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---3-(3)-3-3--|-10\---------|
|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10---10---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)-5-5--|-10\---------|
|-4-4---5-(5)---3--|--8----8---6---6---|-4-----5-(5)---3--|--8\---------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm Bb
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-3---3------------|
|----------|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3---|-4---4---6---6----|
|----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4---|-5---5---7---7----|
|----------|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3---|-5---5---8---8----|
|----------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-3---3------------|
|----------|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3---|---------6---6----|
Guitar Solo 1
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----3------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E +E +E E E
|------------------||-------8-------------------------|
|-4---4---3---3----||-------8-------------------------|
|-5---5---4---4-10-||-(10)------10b11==(10)r(10)------|
|-4---4---3---3----||----------------------------10-8S|
|------------------||---------------------------------|
|-4---4---3---3----||---------------------------------|
|-3-|
E E S S S S S +Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------0h3p0-(0)-----|---------0--------|
|-6-8-6-8---------------|---0-1-3---1-0----|
|---------------------2S|=3-------------3--|
|-----------------------|------------------|
Cm Bb6 Ab6 G7
~ ~~~~~~ ~
S S E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-3---3---6---6---|-4-4---3-(3)----|----------------|
|-------4-7-6----|-4---4---8---8---|-6-6---6-(6)----|-----------4-7--|
|-----5----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5-5---4-(4)----|---------5------|
|-5S6------------|-5---5---8---8---|-6-6---5-(5)----|-----4-7--------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-3-6------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Bridge
$
Fm Fm7
+E E a E E +E E E E E E Q E Q E
|-----8---------------------||--8\----8---8--8---8-|
|-(7)---------------------8-||--9\----9---9--9---9-|
|-------7h8----------8-10-8-||-10\---10--10-10---8-|
|-----------10-(10)-10-12---||-10\---10--10-10--10-|
|---------------------------||-------------------8-|
|---------------------------||---------------------|
Cm
+E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E E E
|--(8)-8-(8)-8-8-8-8--|----8----10--8---8-|
|--(9)-9-(9)-9-9-9-9--|----8-----8--8---8-|
|--(8)-8-(8)-8-8-8-8--|----8-----8--8---8-|
|-(10)----------------|---10----10-10-----|
|--(8)----------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Fm7 Fm9
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---8---8S7S8-------|----8----8----8-----|
|---8---8S7S8-----9-|----9----9----9---8-|
|---8---8S7S8-----8-|----8----8----8---8-|
|-------------10-10-|---10---10---10---6-|
|-------------------|------------------8-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
D7
+E Q E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------8-(8)------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-(6)-6--6-(6)-6-6--|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8--|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
G7+9 Cm Bb Ab7 G7
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||--------------------|------------------|
|----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3-3--|
|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4-4--|
|----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3-3--|
|---10-------------------------------||--------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------||--------------------|------------------|
Cm Bb Ab7 G7 Cm Bb Ab7 G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3-3-|----8--8--8---6-6-6-|---4-4-4---3-3---|
|----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4-4-|----8--8--8---7-7-7-|---5-5-5---4-4---|
|---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3-3-|---10-10-10---8-8-8-|---6-6-6---3-3---|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
To Coda
Cm Cm Bb Ab7 G7
Q Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--8\----------|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|--8\----------|----------|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3----|
|--8\----------|----------|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4----|
|-10\----------|----------|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3----|
|--------------|----------|-3---3-----------|-6---6---5---5----|
|--------------|----------|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3----|
Interlude
1.,2.,3.
Cm Bb7 Cm G7 Cm Ab7 G7+9
~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. +Q. E E Q. E Q. 4x
|-----------------|-----------------||----3----(3)-----|---4-------------||
|-4---4---6---6---|-4---4---3---3---||o---4----(4)-----|---4------4-----o||
|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---4---4---||----5----(5)-----|---5------4------||
|-5---5---8---8---|-4---4---3---3---||--5-5----(5)-----|---4----3--------||
|-3---3-----------|-6---6---5---5---||o-3--------------|----------------o||
|---------6---6---|-4---4---3---3---||---------------3S|=4------3--------||
Guitar Solo 2
4.
Ab7 G7 Eb°7 D°7
~~~~~~~~
E Q E E E E E +H. E E Q. E Q Q
|----4--4-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-11-------10-----|
|----4--4-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-10--------9-----|
|----5--5-----7S8-|-(8)-----------||-11-------10-----|
|-----------3-----|---------------||-10--------9-----|
|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|
|-/4--------3-----|------------11-||-------10--------|
Cm
~~ ~~~~~~ ~
|-----3------|
E Q. E E S +S +S E +E E E E +E E E E
|---8----------------------------|----------------------|
|---8------11-11---------------8-|-(8)\-----4-(4)-----3-|
|---8------10-10b11==(10)r(10)-8-|-(8)\---5---------4---|
|--------------------------------|------6---------5-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
Eb°7 D°7
E Q. +Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---8----(8)------|-11------10----8--|
|---8----(8)------|-10-------9-------|
|---8----(8)------|-11------10-------|
|-----------------|-10-------9-------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------11-|------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E S +S +S S
|-11-10-8---------------8--------------------|
|---------11-10-8-------8--------------------|
|-----------------10h12---10b12==(10)r(10)p8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
|----3----| |-3--|
E +E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-10b12-(10)-8---------8-8----------||
|--------------10----8-----10-8-----||
|-----------------10------------10--||
|-----------------------------------||
Outro
&
W W
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
Cm9
TP
|-----3------|
E E S +S +S E E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|---8------------------------------|-----------------10---|
|----------------------------------|------------------8---|
|-----10b12==(10)r(10)p8-10-8------|------------------8---|
|-----------------------------10-8-|----7-9-10-(10)---8---|
|----------------------------------|-10--------------10---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
TP
+W Q Q H
|-(10)--------|-10\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|--(8)--------|--8\----------*|
|-(10)--------|-10\----------*|
|-------------|--------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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