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From: jae@explorer.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Estefan) Year of the Cat by Al Stewart (notated by Jeff A. Estefan jae@explorer.jpl.nasa.gov) Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times) Am7 D7 VERSE 1:
On a Cmaj7morning from a BmBogart moEmvie in a Cmaj7country where they Bmturned back timEme you go Cmaj7strolling through the cBmrowd like Em Peter Lorre contemplAm7ating a crime. D7 She comes Cmaj7out of the sBmun in a silkEm dress running like a Bwater color in the Crain. Don't bother Basking forEm explanations. She'll just Am7tell you that she came D
in the Year of the Cat. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords) VERSE 2:
She Cmaj7doesn't give you Bmtime for quesEmtions as she Cmaj7locks up you Bmarm in hers.Em And you Cmaj7follow 'til your Bmsense of Em which direction comAm7pletely disappears. D7 By the Cmaj7blue-tiled wBmalls near the Emmarket stalls there's a Bhidden door she leads you Cto. "These days,&Bquot; shEme says, "I feel my life just like a Am7river running through D
the Year of the Cat." INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords) BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)
Well she Blooks at you so coColy and her Geyes shine like the Dmoon
in the sea.
She comes in Bincense and pathchCouli so you Gtake her to Ffind what's C/Ewaiting inside D
the Year of the Cat. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times) acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!) VERSE 3:
Well Cmaj7morning comes andBm you're still withEm her and the Cmaj7bus and the touBmrists are Emgone. And you've tCmaj7hrown away your chBmoice and Em lost your ticket so you Am7have to stay on. D7 But the dCmaj7rumbeat strainBms of the night Em remain in the Brhythm of the newborn Cday. You know sometBime you'reEm bound to leave her but for Am7now you're gonna stay D
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.