Tablature year of thecat - Al Stewart

          



 {t:Year of the Cat}

  {st:Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood}

  {define: Am7 base-fret 1 frets x 0 2 0 1 0}

  {define: C/E base-fret 1 frets x x 2 0 1 0}

  

  {c:INTRO: (three times)}

  [Cmaj7]  [D]  [Em]  

  

  [Am7]   [D7]

  {c: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.

  

  {c:INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)}

  

  {c: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."

  

  {c:INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)}

  

  {c:BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)}

  {np}

  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.

  

  {c:INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times) }

  

  {c: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.

  

  {c:INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords and fade)}

   


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 Year of thecat, de Al stewart 

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