Year of the Cat Al Stewart
Year of the Cat
by
Al Stewart
(notated by Jeff A. Estefan jae@explorer.jpl.nasa.gov)
(full version & corrections by twoputt@mac.com)
Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood
INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
BAND IN: G7 Cmaj7 G7 Cmaj7
Cm[G#m7]aj7 D[Am] Em (t[D]hree times)
[Am] [D]
VERSE 1:
On a [Cmaj7]morning from a [Bm7]Bogart mov[Em]ie
in a [Cmaj7]country where they [Bm7]turned back time[Em]
you go [Cmaj7]strolling through the c[Bm7]rowd like[Em]
Peter Lorre contempl[Am7]ating a crime.[D]
She comes [Cmaj7]out of the s[Bm7]un in a silk [Em]dress
running like a [B]water color in the [C]rain.
[C]Don't bother [B]asking for e[Em]xplanations.
She'll just [Am7]tell you that she came[D]
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)
VERSE 2:
She [Cmaj7]doesn't give you [Bm7]time for quest[Em]ions
as she [Cmaj7]locks up you [Bm7]arm in hers.[Em]
And you [Cmaj7]follow 'til your [Bm7]sense of[Em]
which direction com[Am7]pletely disappears.[D]
By the [Cmaj7]blue-tiled w[Bm7]alls near the m[Em]arket stalls
there's a [B]hidden door she leads you [C]to.
"[C]These days," she [B]says, "I[Em] feel my life just
like a [Am7]river running through[D]
the Year of the Cat."
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)
Well she [B]looks at you so co[C]oly
and her [G]eyes shine like the m[D]oon
in the sea.
She comes in [B]incense and pathch[C]ouli
so you [G]take her to [F]find what's
[C/E]waiting inside[D]
the Year of the Cat.
STRING SOLO:
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
ACOUSTIC SOLO:
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
[G7] [G] [G7] [G]
[G#m7] [Am] [D]
ELECTRIC SOLO:
[G7] [D] [G7] [D]
[G7] [D] [C] [A]
SAX SOLO:
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
VERSE 3:
Well [Cmaj7]morning comes and[Bm7] you're still with [Em]her
and the [Cmaj7]bus and the tou[Bm7]rists are g[Em]one.
And you've t[Cmaj7]hrown away your ch[Bm]oice and[Em]
lost your ticket so you [Am7]have to stay on.[D]
But the d[Cmaj7]rumbeat strain[Bm7]s of the night[Em]
remain in the [B]rhythm of the newborn [C]day.
[C]You know somet[B]ime you're[Em] bound to leave her
but for [Am7]now you're gonna stay[D]
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat until sax solo)
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
SAX SOLO:
[G7] [G] [G7] [G]
[G#m7] [Am] [D]
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat & fade)
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
[Am7] [D]
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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