Honky cat
D7 - G
D7
1. When I look back, boy, I
must have been green,
G
bopping
in the country, fishing in the stream,
D7
looking
for an answer,
trying to find a sign,
G
until
I saw your city lights, honey, I was blind.
- B7
They said get back, honky
cat, better get back to the woods,
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well, I quit those days and my redneck ways,
- D7
G
and, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good.
- B7
You better get back, honky cat, living in the city ain’t
where it’s at,
- E7
it’s like trying to find gold in a silver mine,
- D7 G
it’s like trying to drink whisky, oh, from a
bottle of wine.
- D7
2. Well, I read some books
and I read some magazines,
- G
about
those high-class ladies down in
New Orleans,
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and
all the folks back home, well,
said I was a fool,
- G
they
said, oh, believe in the Lord is
the golden rule.
- B7
+ They said get back, honky cat, better get back
to the woods,
-
E7
well,
I quit those days and my redneck
ways,
-
D7
G
and, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good.
+ D7 - G - D7
- G
- B7
+ They said get back, honky cat, better get back
to the woods,
-
E7
well,
I quit those days and my redneck
ways,
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D7 G
and, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good.
- D7
3. They said stay at home, boy, you gotta tend the farm,
G
living in the
city, boy, is going to break your heart,
- D7
but how can you stay when your heart says
no,
G
how
can you stop when your feet say go.
- B7
They said get back, honky
cat, you better get back to the woods,
- E7
well, I quit those days and my redneck ways,
-
D7
G
and, ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good.
- B7
You better get back, honky cat, living in the city ain’t
where it’s at,
- E7
it’s like trying to find gold in a silver mine,
-
D7
G
it’s like trying to drink whisky, oh, from a
bottle of wine.
D7 G
+ Get back, honky cat, get back, honky cat, get back, ooh. (4x) ...
(orig. = no capo; midi = capo 2nd) (Elton John)