Kitty Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Kitty by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Kitty as performed by Joan Baez in duet with Bill Wood 
(Possibly an old traditional folk song) 

REFRAIN: 
C                            G      C 
Out in the wide world Kitty, pretty Kitty 
C                            G              C 
Out in the wide world Kitty, far across the sea 


verse 1: 
C        F       G 
My Kitty sailed away from me 
                        C 
To strange and distant lands 
           F       G 
And when I asked a goodbye kiss 
    C         D7        G 
She said, "Oh no, shake hands" 


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verse 2: 
When Kitty left she said she'd write 
He promised her the same 
But his address somehow got lost 
And she forgot his name 


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verse 3: 
(Hum verse melody with voice Ooh's) 


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Sounds best when sung harmony/counter harmony like this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOTWQZQRtg 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante