Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat Chords & Tabs

Intro

CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3)  [3x]   Am7  Am7addG  D7   D7sus4
CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3)  [3x]   Am7  Am7addG  D7   D7sus4
G6  CM9(no5)  G6  CM9(no5)   EM7  Am7  D7  D7sus4
CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3)  [3x]   Am7  Am7addG  D7   D7sus4

Verse

     CM7            Bm     Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie,
     CM7                Bm          Em
in a country where they turned back time
       CM7                   Bm         Em
you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
      Am7             D7  
contemplating a crime.
    CM7              Bm       Em                                 
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
               B7                 C     
running like a water color in the rain.
             B7         Em                                 
Don't bother asking for explanations.
            Am7                    D
She'll just tell you that she came
                   CM7(no5) D6add9/F#  E(no3)[3x]  Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.

    CM7              Bm       Em                       
She doesn't give you time for questions
       CM7           Bm     Em
as she locks up your arm in hers.
        CM7              Bm       Em                          
And you follow 'til your sense of which direction
   Am7                D7
completely disappears.
       CM7        Bm             Em       
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
          B7                        C
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
              B7           Em  
"These days," she says, "I feel my life
            Am7                   D
just like a river running through
                CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat."

Bridge
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         B7              C
Well she looks at you so cooly
        G                   D
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea.
               B7            C                  
She comes in incense and pathchouli
       G             F           C         D
so you take her - to find what's waiting inside
                CM7(no5) D6add9/F#  E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat.

Solo part

CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3) [3x]  Am7   D7 
G6  CM9(no5)  G6  CM9(no5)  EM7  Am7  D7
D1   D²   G6/D  D³  G/D   Bm   B7  Cadd9   A 
(chord diagram: xx0232 - xx0775 - xx0987 - xx0232 - xx0433 - x24432 - x24242 - x32033 - 577655)

CM7(no5)  D6add9/F#  E(no3)  [3x]   Am7  Am7addG  D7   D7sus4

 
Verse

     CM7               Bm                Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her
        CM7         Bm                D7
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
           CM7              Bm         Em
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
       Am7             D7
so you have to stay on.
        CM7      Bm             Em  
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
       B7                    C
in the rhythm of the newborn day.
         B7              Em                                    
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
        Am7                   D
but for now you're gonna stay
                   CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
                   CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.

G6  CM9(no5)  G6  CM9(no5)  EM7  Am7  D7   D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x]  Am7 Am7addG D7  D7sus4 (fade out at lib)


Chord Diagrams

Intro & Solo
CM7(no5)   x32400
D6add9/F#  200400
E(no3)     022400
Am7        x02010
Am7addG    x02013
D7         xx0212
D7sus4     xx0213
G6         320430
CM9(no5)   x32430
EM7        021100

Verse
CM7     x32000
Bm      x24432
Em      022000
Am7     x02010
D7      xx0212
B7      224242
C       032010
D       xx2320

Bridge
B7      224242
G       320033
C       032010
D       xx0232
F       133211

Solo
D1      xx0232
D²      xx0775
G6/D    xx0987
D³      xx0232
G/D     xx0433
Bm      x24432
B7      x24242
Cadd9   X32033
A       577655