Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Jeff Estefan) by Al Stewart (notated by Jeff A. Estefan [email protected]) Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times) Am7 D7 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            D7
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.

             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            Bm           Em
She doesn't give you time for questions

       Cmaj7        Bm          Em
as she locks up you arm in hers.

        Cmaj7            Bm       Em
And you follow 'til your sense of

                   Am7                 D7
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.

                  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) BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)
         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. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times) acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!) 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        Em
And you've thrown away your choice and

                        Am7              D7
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.

              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 INTRO chords and fade) piano riffs, sax, etc. 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.