Year of the Cat
by
Al Stewart
Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood
INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7
D7
VERSE 1:On a
Cmaj7
morning from a
Bm
Bogart
mo
Em
viein a
Cmaj7
country where they
Bm
turned back tim
Em
eyou go
Cmaj7
strolling through the c
Bm
rowd
like
Em
Peter Lorre contempl
Am7
ating a crime.
D7
She comes
Cmaj7
out of the s
Bm
un in a silk
Em
dressrunning like a
B
water color in the
C
rain.Don’t bother
B
asking
for
Em
explanations.She’ll just
Am7
tell you that she came
D
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)
VERSE 2:She
Cmaj7
doesn’t give you
Bm
time for ques
Em
tionsas she
Cmaj7
locks up you
Bm
arm in hers.
Em
And you
Cmaj7
follow ’til your
Bm
sense
of
Em
which direction com
Am7
pletely
disappears.
D7
By the
Cmaj7
blue-tiled
w
Bm
alls near the
Em
market stallsthere’s a
B
hidden door she leads you
C
to.“These days,” she
B
says,
“I
Em
feel my life justlike a
Am7
river running through
D
the Year of the Cat.”
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)
BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)Well she
B
looks at you so co
C
olyand her
G
eyes shine like the
D
moon
in the sea.She comes in
B
incense and pathch
C
ouliso you
G
take her to
F
find
what’s
C/E
waiting
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
Cmaj7
morning comes and
Bm
you’re still with
Em
herand the
Cmaj7
bus and the tou
Bm
rists are
Em
gone.And you’ve t
Cmaj7
hrown away your ch
Bm
oice
and
Em
lost your ticket so you
Am7
have to stay on.
D7
But the d
Cmaj7
rumbeat
strain
Bm
s of the night
Em
remain in the
B
rhythm of the newborn
C
day.You know somet
B
ime
you’re
Em
bound to leave herbut for
Am7
now you’re gonna stay
D
in the Year of the Cat.
These known chords are used in this song.
