N.C.
E|----------------------8---10| /f.---8----------------------|
B|-----------------10-------------------10---8--------------|
G|-------------9--------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

     Am
E|----------|-----------------10-/f.-10--10-8--------------|
B|---8| /f./\|/\-----------10-------------------10---8------|
G|----------|----------9--------------------------------9--|
D|----------|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------|----------------------------------------------|

   Em
E|----------|------------------10| /f.-8 -----------|
B|----------|-------------10-------------10---8----|
G|--9-------|---------9----------------------------|
D|----------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------|--------------------------------------|

   Am
E|------------|--------------10/f.-10--10--8-----------|
B|--8/f.| /\/\-|---------10--------------------10--8----|
G|------------|------9---------------------------------|
D|------------|----------------------------------------|
A|------------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------|----------------------------------------|

    Em
E|------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------|-------------10----13----------|
G|-9----7/\/\/| \/-----------------------------|
D|------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------|-------------------------------|

   Dm
E|---------------------------------------|
B|--15/f.---13---------------13----------|
G|--------------14------14---------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

   G
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|--15/f.-----------------13----15----13---|
G|---------14-------14---------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

   C
E|---------------------------------------|
B|--15/f.--15/f.--15/f.--15--15----13----|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

   Am
E|---15/f.-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------13--------|
G|------------------------14-------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

   Dm
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-----15/f.---13----------------13-----|
G|------------------14------14----------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

   G
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---15---17----15----13--------------13----15----13---|
G|-------------------------14-----14-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

    F                               E7
E|-------------------------------|----------------------|
B|---15/f.--15/f.--15/f.---13----|--15/f.-/\/\/\--------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------|

Moderately (120 bpm)

Am7       E11          Am9           E11   Am9    E11 Am9
Cat-long sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth.______
E11          Am9        E7#9      Am9               E11        |Am9 E11| Am9
 She left to marry some top  cat, ain't it the cold truth._____
E11       Dm                        Am
And there hasn't been a tally since Sal - ly left the al - ley,
      Dm                                            Esus4           E  Esus4 E7
Since Kitty left with big pret - ty things have got pret - ty thin,____   oh yeah,
                                         Dsus4
E|t's| young dudes are mus - cl - in' in.------

[Instrumental Solo]
      x2
| D | A | E |

Am          Em7        |Am  Em7|
Jack  Knife cries ah, _____
Am               Em7         Am                     Em7        |Am  Em7| Am
She goes running night - ly, light - ly through the jun - gle._____
Em7       Dm                                      Am7
And  them tin cans are ex - plod - in' out of the nine - ty de - gree heat,
     Dm                                  Esus4               |E |Esus4| E
Cat some - how lost his ba - by down on Bleek - er Street._____________
     Dm7
E|t's| sad,---- but it sure is true.-----
         G       G                G
(spoken:)Cat____ shrugs his shoul - ders, (sung:) sits  back ____ and   sighs:_____

C                    Em     F       G           Am
"Ooh,___ what can  I do?__  Ooh,____ what can I do?
C                    Em     F       G           Am
"Ooh,___ what can  I do?__  Ooh,____ what can I do?

[Instrumental Solo]
| Dm E7 | F7 Em | Dm E7 | F7#9 | E7#9 | Am

Organ solo 6 bars: Am
Guitar solo 16 bars: Am
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------13--15--15---13---15---15---13--|
G|-13/s| l.14----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--15/f.-15/f.--15---13-----13----15--15--13-15--15--|
G|------------------------14--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

E|-13---13---13----15---15----15------17--17---17--17--17-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Horns]
 |             x2         |        x2       |      x6      |
E|-----|-----|-----|------|--------|--------|--------------|
B|--7--|--6--|--7--|---8--|--7--6--|--7--8--|--7--6--7--8--|
G|--9--|--8--|--9--|--10--|--9--8--|--9-10--|--9--8--9--8--|
D|--9--|--8--|--9--|--10--|--9--8--|--9-10--|--9--8--9-10--|
A|-----|-----|-----|------|--------|--------|--------------|
E|-----|-----|-----|------|--------|--------|--------------|

[Organ Solo]                         |           x4              |
| Dm | Am | Dm | Esus | E | Esus | E | Dsus| D | D A | A A F#m E |

Am         Em7       Am        Em7        |Am7  Em7| Am
Cat - long lies back bent on a trash can, ______
Em7               Am               Em7        |Am Em7|Am
Flash - ing lights,_ 'cause he's a big  wheel______
Em7       Dm                                                       Am
Well, you bet - ter learn to move fast when you're young or you're not long a - round,
Dm                                           Esus4                | E | Esus4 |E
Cat some - how lost   his Kit -ty down in the     ci - ty pound._____
            Dm11          F9     Esus4  | E | Esus4 | E
So get right,    get tight,  get down!
      Esus4                                E
Well, who's that  down__ at the end of the al - ley?
Esus4              E
  She's been  gone so long.

          Esus4                             E
(Whisper) Here  she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes,
Esus4                           E
here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes.

F#m                                         D               A
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now), Kitty's back in town (oh, oh allright)
F#m                                         D               A
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now), Kitty's back in town (oh, oh allright)
F#m                                         D               A
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now), Kitty's back in town (oh, oh allright)
F#m                                         D               A
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now), Kitty's back in town
    D7sus4                   D              |D7sus| D

Now Cat knows his Kit - ty's been un - true, ______
    A                       F#m
And that she left him for a ci - ty dude.
      D                 E7
Well, she's so soft,___ she's so blue,___
G                         Gsus
When he looks in - to her eyes,___ He just sits  back___ and sighs:___

C                  Em    F       G          Am
"Ooh,__ what can I do?_  Ooh,___ what can I do?"
C                  Em    F       G          Am
"Ooh,__ what can I do?_  Ooh,___ what can I do?"

(fade out)

 C             Em                 F        G       Am
"Ooh,______________   al - right, ooh,____ al - right."__
 C             Em                 F        G       Am
"Ooh,______________   al - right, ooh,____ al - right."__
 C             Em                 F        G       Am
"Ooh,______________   al - right, ooh,____ al - right."__
 C             Em                 F        G       Am
"Ooh,______________   al - right, ooh,____ al - right."__


C Em7 F G Am C Em7 F G Am7

    Am  Em  Ebm Dm  G   C   E7  Am7 E7sus F7  D   A   F#m E   Dm7 Gsus F   Esus Dsus
E|--0---0---6---1---3---0---0---0---0-----1---2---0---2---0---1---3----1---0----3---|
B|--1---0---7---3---0---1---0---1---3-----1---3---2---2---0---1---1----1---0----3---|
G|--2---0---8---2---0---0---1---0---2-----2---2---2---2---1---2---0----2---2----2---|
D|--2---2---8---0---0---2---0---2---0-----1---0---2---4---2---0---0----3---2----0---|
A|--0---2---6-------2---3---2-------2-----3-------0---4---2-------2----3---2--------|
E|------0-----------3-------0-------0-----1-----------2---0-------3----1---0--------|