Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen - Kittys Back guitar tab

"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):

(Am) [2X]

v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

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-7-------|-6-------|-7-------|-8-------

-9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------

-9-------|-8-------|-9-------|10-------

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(Am) [2X]

v v v v v v v v

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-7---6---|-7---8---

-9---8---|-9---10--

-9---8---|-9---10--

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[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

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