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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:01:10 -0600
From: Chris McBride 
Subject: c/cash_johnny/mean_eyed_cat.tab

JOHNNY CASH
MEAN EYED CAT (Original Studio Recording)
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As transcribed by: Chris McBride 09-SEP-2005.

Enjoy this song from the 'Man In Black',
                                         Chris

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NOTES: capo at 1st fret.
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BASIC STRUM PATTERNS


F

e
B      1   1                          1
G      2   2     OR POSSIBLY     2    2 2
D      3   3                     3      3
A        3                          3
E    1                         1

--

A#

e
B      3   3   3   3
G      3   3   3   3
D      3   3   3   3
A    1       1
E        1       1

--

C7 (walkdown)

e
B      1   1
G      3   3
D      2   2                    (this last note is actually the 1st
A    3        3  1              F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E        3          5  3  1     to include it in the transcription)

--

C7

e
B      1   1
G      3   3
D      2   2
A    3
E        3

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INTRO

e
B
G
D                        3  3 3
A             1  1 1  5          5  3                  3  3 3 3  5  3
E    1  3  4                           3b4  1    3  5

e
B
G
D                              (this last note is actually the 1st
A                              F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E    5  4  3  1  5  4  3  1    to include it in the transcription)

--

VERSE 1

F
I give my woman half my money at the general store

                                            C7(walkdown)
I said now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more

F
then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat

             A#                            C7        F
and got some store-bought cat food for her mean eyed cat


CHORUS

A#
when I give her ten more dollars for a one-way ticket

        F
she was mad as she could be

                                A#
then I bet ten more that if she ever left she'd come a

C7               F
crawling back to me

--

BREAK

e
B
G                                                   [x 3]
D                        3  3 3
A             1  1 1  5          5  3
E    1  3  4                           3b4  1


e
B
G
D
A               3  3 3 3  5  3
E    1    3  5


e
B
G
D                              (this last note is actually the 1st
A                              F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E    5  4  3  1  5  4  3  1    to include it in the transcription)

--

VERSE 2
when I woke up this morning and I turned my head
there wasn't a cotton pickin thing on her side of the bed
I found a little old note where her head belonged
it said dear John honey baby, I'm long gone

CHORUS
when I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels a turning
I was scared as I could be
I put on my overalls and I headed for town I'm gonna'
bring her back with me

--

BREAK

e
B
G                                                   [x 3]
D                        3  3 3
A             1  1 1  5          5  3
E    1  3  4                           3b4  1


e
B
G
D
A               3  3 3 3  5  3
E    1    3  5


e
B
G
D                              (this last note is actually the 1st
A                              F on the next bar, but it's odd not
E    5  4  3  1  5  4  3  1    to include it in the transcription)

--

VERSE 3
I asked a man down at the station if he had seen her there
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blond hair
he spit his tobaccer, said I'll be dad-blamed
I believe I did see her leaving on a east bound train

CHORUS
I bought a round-trip ticket on the east bound train
I was broke as I could be
but when I come back, I gotta buy another ticket
gonna' bring her back with me

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