Chords for Al Stewart - Year of the cat

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[C] On a morning [Bm] from a [Em] Bogart movie _ In a country [Bm] where they turn [Em] back time
[C] You go strolling [Bm] through the crowd [Em] like Peter Lurie [Am] contemplating a crime
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[C] She comes out of [Bm] the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain _
Don't [B] bother ask her [Em] for _ explanation [A] She'll just tell you that she keeps [D] _ in the air of [C] her cat
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[C] doesn't [Bm] give you time for [Em] questions And [C] she locks [Bm] up your arm [Em] and hides _
[C] You follow till [D] the absence [Em] of which direction completely [Am] disappears
[D] _ By [C] the blue town [Bm] walls near [Em] the market stalls [B] There's a hidden door she leads you [C] to
These _ [B] days she says [Em] I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through
The ear of [C] the cat, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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[B] she looks at you so [C] coolly Her [G] eyes they shine like [D] the moon under the sea
She [B] comes in incense, high and [C] patchouli _ [G] You take her _ [F] to find [Am] what's waiting [D] inside
_ The _ ear [C] of the [Bm] cat, _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] one morning [Bm] comes you're still [Em] with her
_ [C] And the bus and [Bm] the tourists [Em] are gone _ [C] You've thrown away [Bm] your choice, [Em] you've lost your ticket
So [Am] you have to stay on [D] _
_ But the [C] drumbeat [Bm] strains of the [Em] night remain
In the [B] rhythm of the new born [C] day _ You know [B] sometime [Em] you're bound to lose
But [Am] for now you're gonna stay _ [D]
In the ear [C] of the [D] cat, _ [Em] _ _
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oh the ear of [C] the cat
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