Year Of The Cat Chords by Al Stewart

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[D] _ _ _ [C] On a morning [Bm] from a [Em] forgotten movie In a country [Bm] where they turned [Em] back _ time
[C] Either strolling [Bm] through the crowd [Em] like Pete Dillard [Am] Contemplating a crime
[D] _ _ _ [C] She comes out of [D] the sun [Em] in a silk dress Running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain
_ _ _ [B] Don't bother asking [Em] for an explanation [Am] She'll just tell you that she came
[D] _ In the year [C] of the cat
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[D] _ _ _ _ [C] She [Bm] doesn't give you time [Em] for questions As [C] she locks [Bm] up your [Em] often words
[C] And you follow [Bm] till your [Em] sense of which direction [Am] Completely _ [D] disappears
_ _ [C] By the blue-tiled [Bm]
[Em] walls near the market stalls [B] Through the hidden doors she [C] leads you to
_ _ [B] These days she [Em] says I feel my life Just [Am] like a river running through
[D] _ The year [C] of the cat
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[D] _ _ _ [C] [B] Why 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
_ [G] So you take her [Dm] to find [C] what's waiting [D] inside _ _
_ The year [G] of the _ [Bm] cat
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morning [Bm] comes and you're still [Em] with her _ [C] On the bus and the [Bm] 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 And [B] the rhythm of the new [C] born day
You know [B] sometime you're [Em] bound to leave her But [Am] for now you're gonna stay
[D] In the year [C] of the [D] cat
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_ [D] _ _ of the [C] cat
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