Honky Cat chords by Elton John, Ray Cooper
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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When I look back, boy,
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I must have been green
Bopping in the country,
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fishing in a stream
Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign
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Until I saw your city lights,
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honey, I was blind
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Verse 2
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They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E
Well, I quit those days
and my redneck ways
A
D
And, mmhm- hm- hm, oh,
change is gonna do me good
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Verse 3
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You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
E
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
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It's like trying to drink whiskey,
oh, from a bottle of wine
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Verse 4
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Well, I read some books,
and I read some magazines
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About those high- class ladies
Em
down in New Orleans
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And all the folks back home,
well, said I was a fool
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They said, oh,
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"Believe in the Lord" is the golden rule
Verse 5
B
They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E
Em
But I quit those days and
E
my redneck ways
D
And, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh,
Interlude 1
change is gonna do me good
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Verse 6
B
They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E
Em
Well, I quit those days and
E
my redneck ways
D
And, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
change is gonna do me good
G
Verse 7
Em
D
They said, stay at home, boy,
you gotta tend the farm
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D
Living in the city, boy, is,
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is going to break your heart
D
But how can you stay when
your heart says no?
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How can you stop when
your feet say go?
Verse 8
Bm
B
You better get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E
Well, I quit those days and
Em
E
my red neck ways
D
And, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh,
the change is gonna do me good
G
Verse 9
D
B
You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
E
It's like trying to find gold
Em
E
in a silver mine
D
It's like trying to drink whiskey,
oh, from a bottle of wine
G
D
G
Verse 10
D
Oh, yeah
Get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat
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Get back, woo
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Em
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Em
D
Verse 11
Get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat
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Em
Get back, woo
Interlude 2
Em
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D
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Em
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Em
D
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D
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Em
Oh,
Verse 12
D
get back, honky cat
Get back, get back, honky cat,
C
woo
(Oh yeah,
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C
redneck ways and, woo)
Outro 1
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Honky Cat
Elton John, Ray Cooper
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