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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2 
            Year of the Cat
                     
                                   by
                               Al Stewart
                               
        (notated by Jeff A. Estefan )
           (full version & corrections by )
        
        
Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood


[Intro]
Cmaj7  D  Em  (three times)
Am7    D

Cmaj7  D  Em  (three times)
Am7    D


BAND IN:  
Gmaj7   Cmaj7    Gmaj7   Cmaj7
E    Am      D    
Cmaj7  D  Em  (three times)
Am     D
         
[Verse 1]
     Cmaj7          Bm7    Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie
     Cmaj7              Bm7         Em
in a country where they turned back time
       Cmaj7                 Bm7        Em
you go strolling through the crowd like
                  Am7             D
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
          Cmaj7      Bm7       Em
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
               B                  C
running like a water color in the rain.
C              B           Em
  Don't bother asking for explanations.
            Am7                     D
She'll just tell you that she came

in the year of the 

Cmaj7     D     Em 
cat
Cmaj7     D     Em
Cmaj7     D     Em 
Am7    D          

[Verse 2]
    Cmaj7            Bm7       Em
She doesn't give you time for questions
       Cmaj7        Bm7    Em
as she locks up you arm in hers.
        Cmaj7            Bm7       
And you follow 'til your sense of
Em                   Am7               D
which direction completely disappears.
       Cmaj7      Bm7            Em
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
          B                         C
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
 C           B             Em         
"These days," she says, "I feel my life just
       Am7                    D
like a river running through

the year of the             

Cmaj7     D     Em  
cat
Cmaj7     D     Em 
Cmaj7     D     Em 
Am7    D   

         B               C
Well she looks at you so cooly
        G                   D
and her eyes shine like the moon

in the sea.
             B               C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
       G           F
so you take her to find what's 
C/E       D
waiting inside

the Year of the .

[STRING SOLO:]
        Cmaj7     D     Em 
         cat  
        Cmaj7     D     Em 
        Cmaj7     D     Em           
        Am7       D

[ACOUSTIC SOLO:]
        Cmaj7  D  Em ( repeat three times ) 
        Am7    D
        Gmaj7  Cmaj7    Gmaj7  Cmaj7

        E   Am    D

[ELECTRIC SOLO:]
          D       D     D      G/D    D
          G/D     Bm    B/D#   C/E    A/C#

[SAX SOLO:]
        Cmaj7  D  Em  (three times)
        Am7    D

[Verse 3]

     Cmaj7             Bm7          Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her
        Cmaj7       Bm7          Em
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
           Cmaj7            Bm         
And you've thrown away your choice and
 Em                     Am7               D
lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
        Cmaj7     Bm7            Em
But the drumbeat  strains of the night
              B                     C
remain in the rhythm of the newborn day.
C               B          Em        
  You know sometime you're bound to leave her
        Am7                    D
but for now you're gonna stay

in the year of the . 
        Cmaj7  D  Em  
        cat
        Cmaj7     D     Em
        Cmaj7     D     Em 
        Am7    D
                  mmm year of the 
        Cmaj7  D  Em
        cat 
        Cmaj7  D  Em  
        Cmaj7  D  Em
        Am7    D

[SAX SOLO:]
          Gmaj7   Cmaj7    Gmaj7  Cmaj7
          E   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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