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"Kitty's Back"
(B. Springsteen)
Intro:
Am Em
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Am Em Ebm
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Dm G C Am
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Dm G F E7#9 [N.C.]
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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
Am Dm7 Am7
And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
Dm7 Esus4 E Esus4 E
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin,
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]
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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
Dm7 [N.C.]
It's sad but it sure is true
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs
Chorus:
C Em7 F G Am
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
C Em7 F G Am
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
Instrumental break (2:31):
Dm Em F7 Em Dm Em F7 E7 Am
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organ solo [6 bars], twin guitar solo [16 bars] on Am
horns arr. for guitar (3:12):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/kittys_back_tab.html ]
(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
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Dsus4/A D/A A F#m E [4X]
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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
Dm7 F7 Esus4 E Esus4 E
So get right, get tight, get down
(4:45):
Esus4 E
Well, who's that down at the end of the alley
Esus4 E
She's been gone so long
Esus4 E
(Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes)
the whole gang is watching her
Esus4 E
(Here she comes, here she comes, here 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) |
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue
Amaj7 F#m
And that she left him for a city dude
D E
Well she's so soft, she's so blue
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
When he looks into her eyes he just sits back and sighs
Coda (5:40):
C Em7 F G Am
Ooh what can I do, ooh what can I do?
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
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C Em7 F G Am9
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-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
