Year of the cat  Al Stewart

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ##                                   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:


On a [Cmaj7]morning from a [Bm]Bogart mo[Em]vie


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


you go [Cmaj7]strolling through the c[Bm]rowd like


Peter Lorre contempl[Am7]ating a crime.


She comes [Cmaj7]out of the s[Bm]un in a silk[Em] dress


running like a [B]water color in the [C]rain.


Don't bother [B]asking for[Em] explanations.


She'll just [Am7]tell you that she came


in the Year of the Cat.


INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)


VERSE 2:


She [Cmaj7]doesn't give you [Bm]time for ques[Em]tions


as she [Cmaj7]locks up you [Bm]arm in hers.[Em]


And you [Cmaj7]follow 'til your [Bm]sense of


which direction com[Am7]pletely disappears.


By the [Cmaj7]blue-tiled w[Bm]alls near the [Em]market stalls


there's a [B]hidden door she leads you [C]to.


"These days," she [B]says, "I[Em] feel my life just


like a [Am7]river running through


the Year of the Cat."


INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)


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


Well she [B]looks at you so co[C]oly


and her [G]eyes shine like the [D]moon


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


the Year of the Cat.


INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times)


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


VERSE 3:


Well [Cmaj7]morning comes and[Bm] you're still with[Em] her


and the [Cmaj7]bus and the tou[Bm]rists are [Em]gone.


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


lost your ticket so you [Am7]have to stay on.


But the d[Cmaj7]rumbeat strain[Bm]s of the night


remain in the [B]rhythm of the newborn [C]day.


You know somet[B]ime you're[Em] bound to leave her


but for [Am7]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.