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"Kitty's Back" (B. Springsteen) Intro: Am Em / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Am Em Ebm / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Dm G C Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Dm G F E7#9

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Note: Chord progression for verses is Am7add2 Bm7/E (except as indicated) right-hand keyboard voicings: G-B-C-E B-D-F#-A approximation on guitar: x05500 0x4435 Verse 1: Am7add2 Bm7/E [etc.] Catlong sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth [1: E7#9] She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth
AmAnd there hDm7asn't been a tally since SAm7ally left the alley Since KDm7itty left with Big Pretty things have got Esus4pretty thin,E Esus4 E yeah yeah Dm7 F7 (Dsus4/A) It's tight in this business and young dudes are musclin' in
Dsus4/A D/A A F#m E [2X] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 2: Big Jack Knife cries cause baby's in a bundle She goes runnin' nightly, lightly through the jungle And them tin cans are explodin' down in the ninety degree heat Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleeker Street
It's Dm7sad

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but it sure is true Gsus4Cat shrugs his sGhoulders, Gsus4sits back and siGghs
Chorus:
COoh what can IEm7 do, oFoh wGhat can I Amdo? COoh what can IEm7 do, oFoh wGhat can I Amdo?
Instrumental break (2:31): Dm Em F7 Em Dm Em F7 E7 Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / organ solo [6 bars], twin guitar solo [16 bars] on Am horns arr. for guitar (3:12): (Am) [2X] v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ---------|---------|---------|---------| -7-------|-6-------|-7-------|-8-------| -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------| -9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| (Am) [2X] v v v v v v v v ---------|---------| -7---6---|-7---8---| -9---8---|-9---10--| -9---8---|-9---10--| ---------|---------| ---------|---------| [4 bars yet to be transcribed] organ solo (3:36): Dm Am Dm Esus4 E Esus4 E / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Dsus4/A D/A A F#m E [4X] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 3: Catlong lies back bent on a trash can Flashin' lights cut the night into white cities of neon [?] Well you better move fast when you're young or you're not long around Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
So get rDm7ight, get tF7ight, get Esus4down E Esus4 E (4:45):
Well, Esus4who's that down at the end of the aElley Esus4She's been gone so lEong Esus4(Here she comes, here she comes, hEere she comes, here she comes) the whole gang is watching her Esus4(Here she comes, here she comes, hEere she comes, here she comes)
F#m | Kitty's back in town (here she comes now) | [4X] D A A/G# | Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, all right) |
Dsus4Cat knows his Kitty's bDeen untrueDsus4 D And Amaj7that she left him for a F#mcity dude Well sDhe's so soft, sEhe's so blue Gsus4When he looks into her eGyes heGsus4 just sits back and sGighs
Coda (5:40):
COoh what can IEm7 do, oFoh wGhat can I Amdo? Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do? Oh oh oh oh oh, all right (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, all right, ooh all right) [4X] (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, all right, oh all right) [6X; fade 6th time]
C Em7 F G Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / C Em7 F G Am9 / / / / / / / / / . / . / -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers