Year Of The Cat Chords by Al Stewart
Tempo:
119.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
D
Bm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[C] [A] [C]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D]
[Em] [A]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [Bm] [D]
[C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] On a morning [Bm] from a forgot [Em] movie In a country where [Bm] they turn [Em] back time
You [C] heard strolling [Bm] through the [Em] crowd Like Peter Lorre [Am] contemplating a crime
[D]
[C] She comes out [D] of the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain
Don't [B] bother [Em] asking for explanations [Am] She'll just tell you that she came
[D] In the year of [C] cat [Bm] She [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] doesn't [Bm] give you time [Em] for questions
[C] As she locks [Bm] up your eyes [Em] and hers [C] And you follow [Bm] till your [Em] sense of which direction
[Am] Completely disappears [D]
By [C] the blue tile [Bm] [Em] walls near the market stalls
At [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
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am]
[D] [C] [B] While she looks at you [C] so coolly [G] Her eyes shine [D] like the moon and the sea
She [B] comes in incense [C] and patchouli So you [G] take her
[Dm] to find what's [C] waiting [D] inside
The year of the [G] [Bm] cat
[Em] [Bm]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[B] [C]
[A] [C#]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] One [D]
[C] morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her [C] And the bus [Bm] and the tourists [Em] are gone
And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice And lost your ticket [Am] so you have to stay [D] on
[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 [D] stay
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] [D]
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am]
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm]
[Em] [G] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[G] [C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[C] [A] [C]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D]
[Em] [A]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [Bm] [D]
[C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] On a morning [Bm] from a forgot [Em] movie In a country where [Bm] they turn [Em] back time
You [C] heard strolling [Bm] through the [Em] crowd Like Peter Lorre [Am] contemplating a crime
[D]
[C] She comes out [D] of the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain
Don't [B] bother [Em] asking for explanations [Am] She'll just tell you that she came
[D] In the year of [C] cat [Bm] She [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] doesn't [Bm] give you time [Em] for questions
[C] As she locks [Bm] up your eyes [Em] and hers [C] And you follow [Bm] till your [Em] sense of which direction
[Am] Completely disappears [D]
By [C] the blue tile [Bm] [Em] walls near the market stalls
At [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
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am]
[D] [C] [B] While she looks at you [C] so coolly [G] Her eyes shine [D] like the moon and the sea
She [B] comes in incense [C] and patchouli So you [G] take her
[Dm] to find what's [C] waiting [D] inside
The year of the [G] [Bm] cat
[Em] [Bm]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[B] [C]
[A] [C#]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] One [D]
[C] morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her [C] And the bus [Bm] and the tourists [Em] are gone
And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice And lost your ticket [Am] so you have to stay [D] on
[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 [D] stay
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] [D]
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
[Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am]
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm]
[Em] [G] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[G] [C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
Key:
C
Em
D
Bm
Am
C
Em
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[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] On a morning [Bm] from a forgot [Em] _ movie In a country where [Bm] they turn [Em] back _ time
You [C] heard strolling [Bm] through the [Em] crowd Like Peter Lorre [Am] contemplating a crime
[D] _ _ _
[C] She comes out [D] of the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain _ _
Don't [B] bother [Em] asking for _ explanations [Am] She'll just tell you that she came
[D] In the year of [C] cat [Bm] She [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] doesn't [Bm] give you time [Em] for questions
_ [C] As she locks [Bm] up your eyes [Em] and hers _ [C] And you follow [Bm] till your [Em] sense of which direction
[Am] Completely disappears [D] _ _
By [C] the blue tile [Bm] [Em] walls near the market stalls
At [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
[D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] [B] While she looks at you [C] so coolly _ [G] Her eyes shine [D] like the moon and the sea
She [B] comes in incense [C] and patchouli So you [G] take her _
[Dm] to find what's [C] waiting [D] inside _ _
_ _ The year of the [G] _ [Bm] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] One _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her _ [C] And the bus [Bm] and the tourists [Em] are gone
_ And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice And lost your ticket [Am] so you have to stay [D] on
_ _ [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 [D] stay
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
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[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] On a morning [Bm] from a forgot [Em] _ movie In a country where [Bm] they turn [Em] back _ time
You [C] heard strolling [Bm] through the [Em] crowd Like Peter Lorre [Am] contemplating a crime
[D] _ _ _
[C] She comes out [D] of the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain _ _
Don't [B] bother [Em] asking for _ explanations [Am] She'll just tell you that she came
[D] In the year of [C] cat [Bm] She [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] doesn't [Bm] give you time [Em] for questions
_ [C] As she locks [Bm] up your eyes [Em] and hers _ [C] And you follow [Bm] till your [Em] sense of which direction
[Am] Completely disappears [D] _ _
By [C] the blue tile [Bm] [Em] walls near the market stalls
At [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
[D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] [B] While she looks at you [C] so coolly _ [G] Her eyes shine [D] like the moon and the sea
She [B] comes in incense [C] and patchouli So you [G] take her _
[Dm] to find what's [C] waiting [D] inside _ _
_ _ The year of the [G] _ [Bm] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] One _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her _ [C] And the bus [Bm] and the tourists [Em] are gone
_ And you've thrown [Bm] away your [Em] choice And lost your ticket [Am] so you have to stay [D] on
_ _ [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 [D] stay
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
In the year [C] of the [D] cat
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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