Chords:
{t: Year Of The Cat}
{artist: Al Stewart}
{key: Em}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_MTXQALa0 C#m so capo 1
{c: Thanks to Stephen Nash - simplified intro}
[Cmaj7] [D] [Em] x3
[Am7] [D7]
On a [Cmaj7] morning from a [Bm] Bogart [Em] movie
In a [Cmaj7] country where they [Bm] turned back [Em] time
You go [Cmaj7] strolling through the [Bm] crowd like [Em] Peter Lorre
Contem-[Am7]plating a crime [D7]
She comes [Cmaj7] out of the [Bm] sun in a [Em] silk dress
Running like a [B7] water colour in the [C] rain
[Am/C] Don't bother [B7] asking for [Em] explanations
She'll just [Am7] tell you that she came [D7] - In the Year of the [Cmaj7] Cat [D]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Am7] [D7]
She [Cmaj7] doesn't give you [Bm] time for [Em] questions
As she [Cmaj7] locks up you [Bm] arm in [Em] hers
And you [Cmaj7] follow 'til your [Bm] sense of
[Em] Which direction com-[Am7]pletely disappears [D7]
By the [Cmaj7] blue-tiled [Bm] walls near the [Em] market stalls
There's a [B7] hidden door she leads you [C] to
[Am/C] These days [B7] she says I [Em] feel my life
Just like a [Am7] river running through [D7] - The Year of the [Cmaj7] Cat [D]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Am7] [D]
Well she [B7] looks at you so [C] coolly
And her [G] eyes shine like the [D] moon in the sea
She comes in [B7] incense and pat-[C]chouli
So you [G] take her to [F] find what's [Am/C] waiting in-[D]side
The Year of the [Cmaj7] Cat [D]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Am7] [D7]
Well morning [Cmaj7] comes and [Bm] you're still [Em] with her
And the [Cmaj7] bus and the [Bm] tourists are [Em] gone
And you've [Cmaj7] thrown away your [Bm] choice and [Em] lost your ticket so you
[Am7] Have to stay on [D7]
But the [Cmaj7] drumbeat [Bm] strains of the [Em] night remain
In the [B7] rhythm of the newborn [C] day
[Am/C] You know some [B7] time you're [Em] bound to leave her
But for [Am7] now you're gonna stay [D7] - In the Year of the [Cmaj7] Cat [D]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Cmaj7] [D] [Em] [Am7] [D7] [Em]
