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