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Year of the Cat Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood
INTRO: (three times)
[Cmaj7] [D] [Em]
[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 [Em]
Peter Lorre contempl[Am7]ating a crime. [D7]
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 [D]
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 [Em]
which direction com[Am7]pletely disappears. [D7]
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 [D]
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 [D]
the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times)
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 [Em]
lost your ticket so you [Am7]have to stay on. [D7]
But the d[Cmaj7]rumbeat strain[Bm]s of the night [Em]
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 [D]
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords and fade)
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