D C G F I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs D C G F I know you're no scare-eyed honey D C G There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs A But it's no hanging matter F It's no capital crime D C G F I can see that you're fifteen years old D C G F No I don't want your I.D. D C G I can see that you're so far from home A But that's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat G Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that D Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat A I Bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that F I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. D C G F You look so weird and so lost from home D C G F But you don't really miss your mother D C G Don't look so scared I'm not no mad-brained bear A But it's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C Oh, yeah G D Woo! A I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that F I bet she don't know you can bite like that. D C G F You say you got a girlfriend, that she's wilder than you D C G F Why don't you bring her upstairs D C G If she's so wild then she can join in too A It's no hanging matter It's no capital crime C Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat G Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that D Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat A I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that F D I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsA C D F G |