Nat King Cole – The Ballad Of Cat Ballou (Guitar)

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https://open.spotify.com/track/2m0jI7BpDRZ9uags4dcZ1k Worked out on request for scheinz Do you mind your avatar is here? Theme song from the film "Cat Ballou" (1965) (Music: Jerry Livingston / Lyrics: Mack David) If you like my "work" don't hesitate to add favorite or to give it the STARS it deserves (with explanation?). Here is the list of all the songs I did upload for UG: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/contribution/3817887-frans.vanuytv/tabs?sort=-date&page=1&per-page=50 ATTENTION: All chords for 4 beats OR count the * [Intro 1] | C** F** | G** C* | [Intro 2]
         C                                    F**          C**
Well now friends, just lend an ear for you're now about to hear

    F                C
the ballad of Cat Ballou.

       Em                            Dm
It's a song that's newly made and Professor Sam the Shade

        G                              C
and the Sunrise Kid are singin' it for you.

       C      Am
Cat Ballou,

       F       C***
Cat Ballou.
[Verse 1]
       Am             C
It's a hangin' day in Wolf City, Wyomin',

C                   F               C
Wolf City, Wyomin', eighteen-ninety-four.

              G              F/G*
They're gonna drop Cat Ballou

            G* G*   C** Am**  F* G* C*
through the gallows floor.
[Verse 2]
    Am              C
She killed a man in Wolf City, Wyomin',

C                   F                 C
Wolf City, Wyomin', killed a man it's true.

            G                     F/G*
And that is why they're a-hangin'

        G*  G*   C* Am* F* G*      C*
hangin' Cat Ballou.
[Bridge]
G*  G*  G*  C                  Am
She has the smile of an angel (fights like the devil),

    Dm**       G**    Dm**           G**
the eyes of an angel (bites like the devil),

    C                   Am
the face of an angel (I say she's the devil),

      Dm**     G**              C
she's mean and evil through and through.
[Chorus]
       G           C
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou,

      G                         C
she's mean and evil through and through.
[Interlude] | C** F** | G** C* | [Verse 3]
         Am                   C
With her outlaw band, they're now tellin' the story,

C                      F                C
now tellin' the story, how she rode the plain,

            G              F/G*
the wildest gal in the West

        G*  G* C** Am**    C****
since Calamity Jane.
[Verse 4]
      Am                 C
And today's the day that she's goin' to glory

C**            Am**  F               C
she's goin' to glory for the way she sinned.

             G                 F/G*
They'll be a-speedin' her soul

       G* G*   C** Db**  C*
to the wayward wind.
[Briddge]
G*  G*  G*  C                  Am
She has the smile of an angel (fights like the devil),

    Dm**       G**    Dm**           G**
the eyes of an angel (bites like the devil),

    C                   Am
the face of an angel (I say she's the devil),

      Dm**     G**              C
she's mean and evil through and through.
[End-Chorus]
       G           C
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou,

      G                         C
she's mean and evil through and through.

       G           C
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou,

           G*         G*            C** F** G** C*   C*
she's mean   and evil   through and through.