Year Of The Cat Al Stewart

Year Of The Cat

Al Stewart

Kenneth Ray

2877
0:00 6:40
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: G
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| C7M - - - | -   - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |
| D   - - - | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |
| D   - - - |

[Interlude]
            | G   - - - | C7M - - -   | G   - - - |
| C7M - - - | E   - - - | Am  - - -   | D   - - - |
| -   - - - | C7M - D - | Em  - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em  - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 1]
D     C7M            Bm       Em D
 On a morning from a Bogart movie
     C7M                Bm
In a country where they turn back time
Em D      C7M                   Bm        Em
   You go strolling through the crowd like  Peter Lorre
C7M    Am
Contemplating a crime
D          C7M           Bm         Em
 She comes out of the sun  in a silk  dress running
       B7                C7M
Like a watercolor in the rain
               B7      Em
Don't bother asking for  explanations
            Am
She'll just tell you that she came
D
 In the year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
           | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 2]
D    C7M                  Bm        Em   D
 She doesn't give you time  for questions
       C7M           Bm
As she locks up your arm in hers
Em
D        C7M             Bm         Em             C7M
 And you follow till your  sense of which direction
    Am
Completely disappears
D       C7M             Bm         Em
 By the blue tiled walls  near the market stalls
            B7                      C7M
There's a hidden door she leads you to 
           B7             Em
These days,  she says, "I feel my life
              Am
Just like a river running through"
D
 The year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
           | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Bridge]
D          B7                 C
 Well, she looks at you so coolly
            G               D
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
             B7            C
She comes in incense and patchouli
       G
So you take her,
   F              C
to find what's waiting inside
D
 The year of the cat

[Strings Solo]
                                    | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D | C7M - D - |
| Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |

[Guitar Solo 1]
                                      | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D   | C7M - D - | Em  - - D | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - C7M | Am  - - - | D   - - - | G   - - - |
| C7M - - -   | G   - - - | C7M - - - | E   - - - |
| Am  - - -   | D   - - - | -   - - - |

[Guitar Solo 2]
            | D  |
| G | D | G | Bm |
| B | C | A | -  |

[Saxophone Solo 1]
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 3]
D     C7M               Bm                Em D
 Well morning comes and you're still with her
        C7M            Bm        Em  D
And the bus and the tourists are gone
           C7M             Bm           Em              C7M
And you've thrown away your  choice and lost your ticket
       Am
So you have to stay on
D        C7M             Bm            Em
 But the drumbeat strains  of the night  remain
             B7
In the rhythm  of the newborn day
C7M             B7               Em
   You know sometime you're bound  to leave her
        Am
But for now you're going to stay
D
 In the year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
C7M D Em D C7M D Em D
C7M D Em C7M Am
D               C7M D Em D C7M D Em D C7M D Em C7M Am D
 Year of the cat

[Saxophone Solo 2]
| G | C7M | G | C7M |
| E | Am  | D | -   |

[Outro]
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   |

[Fade-Out]
                         | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |

Bars

[Intro]
| C7M - - - | -   - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |
| D   - - - | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |
| D   - - - |

[Interlude]
            | G   - - - | C7M - - -   | G   - - - |
| C7M - - - | E   - - - | Am  - - -   | D   - - - |
| -   - - - | C7M - D - | Em  - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - D - | Em  - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 1]
| D   - - - | C7M - Bm - | Em - - D   | C7M - Bm - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - Bm - | Em - - C7M | Am  - -  - |
| D   - - - | C7M - Bm - | Em - - -   | B7  - -  - |
| C7M - - - | -   - B7 - | Em - - -   | Am  - -  - |
| D   - - - |

On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like  Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun  in a silk  dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain
Don't bother asking for  explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
           | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 2]
| D   - - - | C7M - Bm - | Em - - D   | C7M - Bm - |
| Em  - - D | C7M - Bm - | Em - - C7M | Am  - -  - |
| D   - - - | C7M - Bm - | Em - - -   | B7  - -  - |
| C7M - - - | -   - B7 - | Em - - -   | Am  - -  - |
| D   - - - |

She doesn't give you time  for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow till your  sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls  near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days,  she says, "I feel my life
Just like a river running through"
The year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
           | C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D | C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Bridge]
| D - | B7 - | C - | G - |
| D - | B7 - | C - | G - |
| F C | D  - | - - |

Well, she looks at you so coolly
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her,
to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat

[Strings Solo]
                                    | C7M - D - |
| Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D | C7M - D - |
| Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |

[Guitar Solo 1]
                                      | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - D   | C7M - D - | Em  - - D | C7M - D - |
| Em  - - C7M | Am  - - - | D   - - - | G   - - - |
| C7M - - -   | G   - - - | C7M - - - | E   - - - |
| Am  - - -   | D   - - - | -   - - - |

[Guitar Solo 2]
            | D  |
| G | D | G | Bm |
| B | C | A | -  |

[Saxophone Solo 1]
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - |

[Verse 3]
                                       | D   - - - |
| C7M - Bm - | Em - - D   | C7M - Bm - | Em  - - D |
| C7M - Bm - | Em - - C7M | Am  - -  - | D   - - - |
| C7M - Bm - | Em - - -   | B7  - -  - | C7M - - - |
| -   - B7 - | Em - - -   | Am  - -  - | D   - - - |

Well morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your  choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on
But the drumbeat strains  of the night  remain
In the rhythm  of the newborn day
You know sometime you're bound  to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat

[Post-Verse]
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |

Year of the cat

[Saxophone Solo 2]
| G | C7M | G | C7M |
| E | Am  | D | -   |

[Outro]
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   |

[Fade-Out]
                         | C7M - D - | Em - - D |
| C7M - D - | Em - - C7M | Am  - - - | D  - - - |
| C7M - D - | Em - - D   | C7M - D - | Em - - D |

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