Year of the Cat
Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood • Key:
⭐ Official Master Chart
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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
Hm
Bogart mo
Em
vie
in a
Cmaj7
country where they
Hm
turned back tim
Em
e
you go
Cmaj7
strolling through the c
Hm
rowd like
Em
Peter Lorre contempl
Am7
ating a crime.
D7
She comes
Cmaj7
out of the s
Hm
un in a silk
Em
dress
running like a
H
water color in the
C
rain.
Don't bother
H
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
Hm
time for ques
Em
tions
as she
Cmaj7
locks up you
Hm
arm in hers.
Em
And you
Cmaj7
follow 'til your
Hm
sense of
Em
which direction com
Am7
pletely disappears.
D7
By the
Cmaj7
blue-tiled w
Hm
alls near the
Em
market stalls
there's a
H
hidden door she leads you
C
to.
"These days," she
H
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
H
looks at you so co
C
oly
and her
G
eyes shine like the
D
moon
in the sea.
She comes in
H
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
Hm
you're still with
Em
her
and the
Cmaj7
bus and the tou
Hm
rists are
Em
gone.
And you've t
Cmaj7
hrown away your ch
Hm
oice and
Em
lost your ticket so you
Am7
have to stay on.
D7
But the d
Cmaj7
rumbeat strain
Hm
s of the night
Em
remain in the
H
rhythm of the newborn
C
day.
You know somet
H
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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