Mean Eyed Cat chords by Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I give my woman half my
money at the general store
I said, now buy a little groceries,
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and don't spend no more
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But she paid ten dollars for a ten- cent hat
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And bought some store- bought cat
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Verse 2
food for a mean- eyed cat
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When I give her ten more dollars for a
one- way ticket
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She was mad as could be
Then I bet ten more that if
she ever left
She'd come a- crawlin' back to me
Verse 3
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When I woke up this mornin'
and I turned my head
There wasn't a cotton- pickin'
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thing on her side of the bed
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I found a little note where
her head belonged
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It said, dear John, honey,
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baby, I'm long gone
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Verse 4
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When I heard a whistle blowin',
and the big wheels a- turnin'
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I was scared as I could be
I put on my overalls and I
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headed for town
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Gonna bring her back with me
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Verse 5
I asked the man down at the station
if he'd seen her there
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I told him all about her pretty eyes and long,
blonde hair
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He spit his tobacco, said, I'll be dad- blamed
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I believe I did see her leavin'
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on the Eastbound train
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Verse 6
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I bought a round- trip ticket
on the Eastbound train
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I was broke as I could be
But when I come back,
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I gotta buy another ticket
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Gotta bring her back with me
Outro 1
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