Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat (Guitar)

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[Chords] D5/A x 0 0 2 x x Gmaj7 3 x 0 0 0 2 Emaj7 x 7 6 4 4 4 D6* x x 0 7 7 7 (no5) D* x x 0 7 7 5
             e|---------------|                e|---------|
             B|-0h1p0---------|                B|---------|
             G|------h2p0-----|                G|---------|
 play when * D|----------h2p0-|   play when ** D|-2p0-----|
             A|---------------|                A|----h3h2-|
             E|---------------|                E|---------|
[Intro] Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Emaj7 Am7 D6* D* Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D [Verse 1]
     Cmaj7          Bm     Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie

     Cmaj7              Bm          Em
In a country where they turned back time

       Cmaj7                 Bm        Em
You go strolling through the crowd like

                  Am7            D
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

          Cmaj7      Bm       Em
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress

               B                  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

       D    D6 D5/A (Cmaj7)
In the year of the   cat
[Interlude] Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D [Verse 2]
    Cmaj7            Bm       Em
She doesn't give you time for questions

       Cmaj7        Bm     Em
As she locks up you arm in hers

        Cmaj7            Bm
And you follow 'til your sense of

Em                 Am7                 D
Which direction completely disappears

       Cmaj7      Bm             Em
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls

          B                         C
There's a hidden door she leads you to

                  B7       Em
"These days," she says, "I feel my life just

       Am7                   D
Like a river running through

    D    D6 D5/A (Cmaj7)
The year of the  cat
[Interlude] Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D [Bridge]
         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
N.C. (Cmaj7) The year of the cat [Instrumental] Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Emaj7 Am7 D6* D* Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Bm B C A Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D [Verse 3]
     Cmaj7             Bm           Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her

        Cmaj7       Bm           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    Bm             Em
But the drumbeat strains of the night

              B                     C
Remain 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

       D    D6 D5/A (Cmaj7)
In the year of the   cat
[Outro] Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2
Cmaj7  D6  Em  **  Am7   D           D6 D5/A (Cmaj7)
                         In the year of the   cat
Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2
Cmaj7  D6  Em  **  Am7   D             D6 D5/A (Cmaj7)
                         mmm..the year of the   cat
Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Emaj7 Am7 D6* D* Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2 Cmaj7 D6 Em ** Am7 D Cmaj7 D6 Em * x2
Cmaj7  D6  Em  **  Am7   D
(repeat with fading)