Mean Eyed Cat chords by Johnny Cash

Mean Eyed Cat:Johnny Cash.
#30 on BB Hot Country on SUN
Records in 1960.


INTRO: Bb F Fm C F

#1.
F
I give my woman half my money at the general store.
                       C
I said, now buy a little groceries, and don't spend

no more.
   F
Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat and bought
   Ab  Bb          C  Fm  F
some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat.

#2.
F   Bb
When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket
    Fm F Fm    F
she was mad as she could be.
        Fm    F      Bb
Then I bet ten more that if she ever left she'd come
 C        F
a-crawlin' back to me.



INTERLUDE: Bb F Bb F Bb Fm C F


#3.
F
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head there
                   C
wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed.
 F
I found a little old note where her head belonged,
     Bb           Fm    F
it said, dear John, honey, baby, I'm long gone.


#4.
    Bb
When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels
          Fm    F
a-turnin' I was as scared as I could be.
              Bb
I put on my overalls and I headed for town, I'm gonna
C          F
bring her back with me.



INTERLUDE: F Bb F Fm F Bb F Bb F Fm C F


#5.
F                        Fm
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there.
 F                   C
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blonde hair.
  F
He spit his tobacco, said, I'll be dad blamed, I believe I
Bb            C  Db  F
did see her leavin' on an east bound train.


#6.
Bb
I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train, I was
F
broke as I could be.
           Gm  Bb            C
But when I come back, gotta buy another ticket, gonna bring
  Fm  C  F
her back with me.


#7.
   Bb                       F
Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas and I worked

up the guts to call my mother-in-law.
        Bb
She said, I'll tell you where she is, if you act right.
   F             C         F
She's workin' four to twelve at Trucker's World tonight.


OUTRO:
F
When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron,

and she grabbed her goin' home hat.
       Bb
She bought a ticket with her tips and now we've curled up on
     C               F
the sofa, me and her, and that mean eyed cat.




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