Year Of The Cat Chords by Al Stewart
Tempo:
119.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
Em
Bm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Em] [Bm] [D]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [D] [A]
[C]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Em] [D]
[A] [C]
[G]
[E] [Am]
[D]
[Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] On a morning from a [Em] Bogot movie [C] In a country where they [Em] turn back time
You [C] go strolling through the [Em] crowd like Pete Dillard [Am] contemplating a crime
[D] She comes out of [Bm] the sun [Em] in a silver [E] dress run
Like [B] a watercolor in the [C] rain Don't [B] bother asking [Em] for explanation
[Am] She'll just tell you that she came [D] in the year of the king
[Em] [D]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [A]
[D] [C] She doesn't give you [Bm] time [Em] for questions As she [C] locks up your [Bm] love and hers
[C] Have you followed her [Em] sense of which direction [Am] completely disappears?
[D] [C] By the blue [Bm] tiled [Em] walls near the market stalls of [B] the hidden door she [C] leads you to
These [B] days she [Em] says I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through
[D] The year [C] of the cat [Em] [Bm] [C]
[Em] [C]
[D] [Em]
[D] while she [B] looks at you so [C] coolly
Her [G] eyes shine like the [D] moon and the sea She comes [B] and says I am [C] patchouli
So you [G] take her [Dm] to find what's [Em] waiting [D] inside The year of [C] the cat
[Bm] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[G] [C] [Em]
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[E] [G] [C]
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[E] [Am]
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[Bm] [B]
[C] [A]
[C#] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] One morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her [C] And the bus [Bm] and the [Em] tourists are gone
And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice and lost your ticket
[Am] So you hop to stay on [D] [C] But the drumbeat [Bm] strains
[E] Of the night remain [B] And the rhythm of the new [C] born day
You [B] know sometime [Em] you're bound to leave her [Am] But for now you're gonna stay
[D] In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] The year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [G]
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[Em] [D] [A]
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[D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Em] [D]
[A] [C]
[G]
[E] [Am]
[D]
[Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] On a morning from a [Em] Bogot movie [C] In a country where they [Em] turn back time
You [C] go strolling through the [Em] crowd like Pete Dillard [Am] contemplating a crime
[D] She comes out of [Bm] the sun [Em] in a silver [E] dress run
Like [B] a watercolor in the [C] rain Don't [B] bother asking [Em] for explanation
[Am] She'll just tell you that she came [D] in the year of the king
[Em] [D]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [A]
[D] [C] She doesn't give you [Bm] time [Em] for questions As she [C] locks up your [Bm] love and hers
[C] Have you followed her [Em] sense of which direction [Am] completely disappears?
[D] [C] By the blue [Bm] tiled [Em] walls near the market stalls of [B] the hidden door she [C] leads you to
These [B] days she [Em] says I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through
[D] The year [C] of the cat [Em] [Bm] [C]
[Em] [C]
[D] [Em]
[D] while she [B] looks at you so [C] coolly
Her [G] eyes shine like the [D] moon and the sea She comes [B] and says I am [C] patchouli
So you [G] take her [Dm] to find what's [Em] waiting [D] inside The year of [C] the cat
[Bm] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[G] [C] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[E] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[Bm] [B]
[C] [A]
[C#] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] One morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her [C] And the bus [Bm] and the [Em] tourists are gone
And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice and lost your ticket
[Am] So you hop to stay on [D] [C] But the drumbeat [Bm] strains
[E] Of the night remain [B] And the rhythm of the new [C] born day
You [B] know sometime [Em] you're bound to leave her [Am] But for now you're gonna stay
[D] In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] The year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [D]
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[D] [Em] [C]
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[D] [Em] [Am]
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[D] [Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
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[D] [Em] [C]
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Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] On a morning from a [Em] Bogot movie _ _ [C] In a country where they [Em] turn back time
You [C] go strolling through the [Em] crowd like Pete Dillard [Am] contemplating a crime _
[D] _ _ She comes out of [Bm] the sun [Em] in a silver [E] dress run
Like [B] a watercolor in the [C] rain _ _ Don't [B] bother asking [Em] for _ explanation
[Am] She'll just tell you that she came [D] _ in the year of the king _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] She doesn't give you [Bm] time [Em] for questions As she [C] locks up your [Bm] love and hers
_ [C] Have you followed her [Em] sense of which direction [Am] completely _ disappears?
[D] _ _ _ [C] By the blue [Bm] tiled [Em] walls near the market stalls of [B] the hidden door she [C] leads you to
_ _ These [B] days she [Em] says I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through
[D] _ The year [C] of the cat _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ while she [B] looks at you so [C] coolly
_ Her [G] eyes shine like the [D] moon and the sea She comes [B] and says I am [C] patchouli
So you [G] take her _ [Dm] to find what's [Em] waiting [D] inside _ The _ year of [C] the cat
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] One morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her _ [C] And the bus [Bm] and the [Em] tourists are gone
_ And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice and lost your ticket
[Am] So you hop to stay on [D] _ _ _ [C] But the drumbeat [Bm] strains
[E] Of the night remain [B] And the rhythm of the new [C] born day
_ _ You [B] know sometime [Em] you're bound to leave her [Am] But for now you're gonna stay
[D] _ In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] The year [C] of the [D] cat
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_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] On a morning from a [Em] Bogot movie _ _ [C] In a country where they [Em] turn back time
You [C] go strolling through the [Em] crowd like Pete Dillard [Am] contemplating a crime _
[D] _ _ She comes out of [Bm] the sun [Em] in a silver [E] dress run
Like [B] a watercolor in the [C] rain _ _ Don't [B] bother asking [Em] for _ explanation
[Am] She'll just tell you that she came [D] _ in the year of the king _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] She doesn't give you [Bm] time [Em] for questions As she [C] locks up your [Bm] love and hers
_ [C] Have you followed her [Em] sense of which direction [Am] completely _ disappears?
[D] _ _ _ [C] By the blue [Bm] tiled [Em] walls near the market stalls of [B] the hidden door she [C] leads you to
_ _ These [B] days she [Em] says I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through
[D] _ The year [C] of the cat _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ while she [B] looks at you so [C] coolly
_ Her [G] eyes shine like the [D] moon and the sea She comes [B] and says I am [C] patchouli
So you [G] take her _ [Dm] to find what's [Em] waiting [D] inside _ The _ year of [C] the cat
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] One morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her _ [C] And the bus [Bm] and the [Em] tourists are gone
_ And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice and lost your ticket
[Am] So you hop to stay on [D] _ _ _ [C] But the drumbeat [Bm] strains
[E] Of the night remain [B] And the rhythm of the new [C] born day
_ _ You [B] know sometime [Em] you're bound to leave her [Am] But for now you're gonna stay
[D] _ In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] The year [C] of the [D] cat
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