Mean Eyed Cat tab by Johnny Cash

JOHNNY CASH
MEAN EYED CAT (Original Studio Recording)
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As transcribed by: Chris McBride 09-SEP-2005.

Enjoy this song from the 'Man In Black',
                     Chris

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NOTES: capo at 1st fret.
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BASIC STRUM PATTERNS


F

e
B   1  1             1
G   2  2   OR POSSIBLY   2  2 2
D   3  3           3   3
A    3             3
E  1             1

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A#

e
B   3  3  3  3
G   3  3  3  3
D   3  3  3  3
A  1    1
E    1    1

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C7 (walkdown)

e
B   1  1
G   3  3
D   2  2          (this last note is actually the 1st
A  3    3 1       F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E    3     5 3 1   to include it in the transcription)

--

C7

e
B   1  1
G   3  3
D   2  2
A  3
E    3

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INTRO

e
B
G
D            3 3 3
A       1 1 1 5     5 3         3 3 3 3 5 3
E  1 3 4              3b4 1  3 5

e
B
G
D               (this last note is actually the 1st
A               F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E  5 4 3 1 5 4 3 1  to include it in the transcription)

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VERSE 1

F
I give my woman half my money at the general store

                      C7(walkdown)
I said now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more

F
then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat

       A#              C7    F
and got some store-bought cat food for her mean eyed cat


CHORUS

A#
when I give her ten more dollars for a one-way ticket

    F
she was mad as she could be

                A#
then I bet ten more that if she ever left she'd come a

C7        F
crawling back to me

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BREAK

e
B
G                          [x 3]
D            3 3 3
A       1 1 1 5     5 3
E  1 3 4              3b4 1


e
B
G
D
A        3 3 3 3 5 3
E  1  3 5


e
B
G
D               (this last note is actually the 1st
A               F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E  5 4 3 1 5 4 3 1  to include it in the transcription)

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VERSE 2
when I woke up this morning and I turned my head
there wasn't a cotton pickin thing on her side of the bed
I found a little old note where her head belonged
it said dear John honey baby, I'm long gone

CHORUS
when I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels a turning
I was scared as I could be
I put on my overalls and I headed for town I'm gonna'
bring her back with me

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BREAK

e
B
G                          [x 3]
D            3 3 3
A       1 1 1 5     5 3
E  1 3 4              3b4 1


e
B
G
D
A        3 3 3 3 5 3
E  1  3 5


e
B
G
D               (this last note is actually the 1st
A               F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E  5 4 3 1 5 4 3 1  to include it in the transcription)

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VERSE 3
I asked a man down at the station if he had seen her there
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blond hair
he spit his tobaccer, said I'll be dad-blamed
I believe I did see her leaving on a east bound train

CHORUS
I bought a round-trip ticket on the east bound train
I was broke as I could be
but when I come back, I gotta buy another ticket
gonna' bring her back with me

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