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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 mo	vie

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
in a	country where they	turned back tim	e

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
you go	strolling through the c	rowd like

	Am7	D7
Peter Lorre contempl	ating a crime.

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
She comes	out of the s	un 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 ques	tions

	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 com	pletely disappears.

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
By the	blue-tiled w	alls 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 co	oly

	G	D
and her	eyes shine like the	moon

in the sea.

	B	C
She comes in	incense and pathch	ouli

	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 tou	rists are	gone.

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
And you've t	hrown away your ch	oice and

	Am7	D7
lost your ticket so you	have to stay on.

	Cmaj7	Bm	Em
But the d	rumbeat strain	s of the night

	B	C
remain in the	rhythm of the newborn	day.

	B	Em
You know somet	ime 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

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Year of the cat

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