They Call Her The Cat

Elton John

“They Call Her The Cat”

Intro:   C (g eb e f eb e c a g)   C,   C,   C
            C (g eb e f eb e c a g)   C,   C,   C
            C (g eb e f eb e c a g)   C,   C,   C
            C (g eb e f eb e c a g)   C,   C,   C
 
Verse 1:      F                                       C         G/D                              C
             She threw back that shiny hair, like a mane on a delta queen.
                        F                                     C
             Gonna spend my last dime on a telephone call
                                       G/D                              C
             ‘cause she’s the wildest thing I’ve ever seen.
                          Dm                      Em                E/Ab                      Am
             She was just plain mister, once.  Got herself fixed up real good.
                       Fm                          C/E
             Just a little boy lost in the land of the free
                 D                                                         G    Am    Bm
             A wiggle and a walk away from womanhood.

Chorus:                                    F                                 C
             Now they call her the cat, and that’s a stone fact.
                                              F                                   C
             They took a little of this.  She got a little of that.
                      Bb                                   F/A                
             Now, Billy got a kitty, He got somethin’ to scratch,
                           D         D/E   D/Gb   G
             So, they call her                         Yeah, they call her the cat.

(Repeat ½ of intro)

Verse 2:              F                             C             G/D                                 C
             She just does that double act.  She got Babs and Joan down pat.
                                F                                 C
             She got hips like a Mick.  She’s a rollin’ stone.
                       G/D                                         C
             Never seen a woman shake like that.
                           Dm                      Em                E/Ab                    Am
             She was just plain mister, once.  Got herself fixed up real good.
                      Fm                           C/E   
             Just a little boy lost in the land of the free.
                 D                                                         G      Am   Bm
             A wiggle and a walk away from womanhood.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat ½ of Intro)

Bridge:              Bb                F                        C
            She’s so fine that the water line don’t separate hot and cold.
                         Bb                                  F
            She got stitched up bitchy by an old M.D.  
                              D                                                        D/G   G
            Now, she’s headed out to Hollywood, or so I’m told.

            Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


Instrument break:   F   C   F   C   F
                                                        Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
                               C               D7    
                               Yeah, yeah
                               G   G/A   G/Bb   G/B   G/C   G/Db   G/D   G/E   G/E
                               G   G/A   G/Bb   G/B   G/C   G/Db   G/D


(Repeat Chorus 2 times)

(Repeat ½ of Intro)

Outro:   F   C  

Chorded By:  Brad Phillips