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Stewart Al - Year Of The Cat guitar chord

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From: jae@explorer.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Estefan)

                             Year of the Cat

                    

                                   by

                               Al Stewart

                              

        (notated by Jeff A. Estefan jae@explorer.jpl.nasa.gov)

        

        

Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood

INTRO:  Cmaj7  D  Em  (three times)

         Am7   D7

        

VERSE 1:

     Cmaj7          Bm       Em

On a morning from a Bogart movie

     Cmaj7              Bm             Em

in a country where they turned back time

       Cmaj7                  Bm        Em

you go strolling through the crowd like

                    Am7            D7

Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.

          Cmaj7       Bm          Em

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress

               B                  C

running like a water color in the rain.

             B         Em

Don't bother asking for explanations.

            Am7                    D

She'll just tell you that she came

in the Year of the Cat.

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)

VERSE 2:

    Cmaj7            Bm           Em

She doesn't give you time for questions

       Cmaj7        Bm          Em

as she locks up you arm in hers.

        Cmaj7            Bm       Em

And you follow 'til your sense of

                   Am7                 D7

which direction completely disappears.

       Cmaj7       Bm            Em

By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls

          B                         C

there's a hidden door she leads you to.

                  B       Em        

"These days," she says, "I feel my life just

       Am7                   D

like a river running through

the Year of the Cat."

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)

BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)

         B                 C

Well she looks at you so cooly

        G                   D

and her eyes shine like the moon

in the sea.

             B                 C

She comes in incense and pathchouli

       G           F

so you take her to find what's

C/E            D

waiting inside

the Year of the Cat.

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times)

  acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!)

VERSE 3:

     Cmaj7            Bm                Em

Well morning comes and you're still with her

        Cmaj7          Bm        Em

and the bus and the tourists are gone.

            Cmaj7             Bm        Em

And you've thrown away your choice and

                        Am7              D7

lost your ticket so you have to stay on.

         Cmaj7         Bm             Em

But the drumbeat strains of the night

              B                     C

remain in the rhythm of the newborn day.

              B         Em        

You know sometime you're bound to leave her

        Am7                   D

but for now you're gonna stay

in the Year of the Cat.

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords and fade)

piano riffs, sax, etc.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

Cmaj7   x32000

D       xx2320

Em      022000

Am7     x02010

D7      xx0212

Bm      xx4432

B       xx4442

C       x32010

G       320003

F       xx3211

C/E     xx2010

Copyright 1976 by Unichappel Music, Inc.

  What makes this song sound so great is the piano riffs, the sax, the

  solos, and, of course, Al Stewart's voice.  But you can still have fun

  with this tune singing solo with a sweet soundin' acoustic in hand.

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