Year of the Cat Chords & Lyrics by Al Stewart

Year of the Cat

guitar chords lyrics

Al Stewart

Year of the Cat

by
Al Stewart

(notated by Jeff A. Estefan [email protected])
(full version & corrections by [email protected])


Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood

INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7 D

BAND IN: G7 Cmaj7 G7 Cmaj7
G#m7 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 Cat.

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)

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 Em
And you follow 'til your sense of
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 Cat."

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)

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 Cat.

STRING SOLO:
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7 D

ACOUSTIC SOLO:
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7 D
G7 G G7 G
G#m7 Am D

ELECTRIC SOLO:
G7 D G7 D
G7 D C A

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 Em
And you've thrown away your choice and
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 Cat.

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat until sax solo)
Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7 D

SAX SOLO:
G7 G G7 G
G#m7 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.