Mean Eyed Cat Johnny Cash
INTRO: Bb F Fm C F
[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.
Then [F]she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat and bought
some [Ab]store [Bb]bought cat food for a [C]mean [Fm]eyed [F]cat.
[F]When I [Bb]give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket
she was [Fm]mad [F]as [Fm]she could [F]be.
Then I bet ten [Fm]more that [F]if she ever [Bb]left she'd come
a-[C]crawlin' back to [F]me.
INTERLUDE: Bb F Bb F Bb Fm C F
[F]When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head there
wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her [C]side of the bed.
I [F]found a little old note where her head belonged,
it said, [Bb]dear John, honey, baby, [Fm]I'm long [F]gone.
When I [Bb]heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels
a-turnin' I was as [Fm]scared as [F]I could be.
I put on my overalls and I [Bb]headed for town, I'm gonna
[C]bring her back with [F]me.
INTERLUDE: F Bb F Fm F Bb F Bb F Fm C F
[F]I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen [Fm]her there.
I [F]told him all about her pretty eyes and [C]long, blonde hair.
He [F]spit his tobacco, said, I'll be dad blamed, I believe I
[Bb]did see her leavin' on an [C]east [Db]bound [F]train.
[Bb]I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train, I was
[F]broke as I could be.
But when I come back, [Gm]gotta [Bb]buy another ticket, gonna [C]bring
her [Fm]back [C]with [F]me.
Well, [Bb]I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas and I [F]worked
up the guts to call my mother-in-law.
She said, I'll [Bb]tell you where she is, if you act right.
She's [F]workin' four to twelve at [C]Trucker's World to[F]night.
OUTRO:
[F]When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron,
and she grabbed her goin' home hat.
She bought a [Bb]ticket with her tips and now we've curled up on
the sofa, [C]me and her, and that mean eyed [F]cat.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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