VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by TuneTorch
To learn Al Stewart - Year of the Cat chords with lyrics, familiarize yourself with these chords: Bm, Em, C, D, C, Bm, D, C, Em, Am. A strategic approach would be to train at 58 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's natural tempo of 117. With an eye on the song's key G, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.
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C On a morning
Bm from a
Em forgotten movie _ In a country
Bm where they turn
Em back time.
C You go
Bm strolling through the crowd
Em like Victor Lara
Am _ contemplating a crime.
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C She comes out
Bm of the sun
Em in a silk dress running
B like a watercolour
C in the rain.
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B Don't bother
Em asking for an explanation She'll
Am just tell you that she came
D in the year
C of.
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D Canne
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C She doesn't give you
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Em for questions.
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C she locks
Bm up your
Em eyes and hers
C And you follow
Bm till your
Em sense of which direction.
Am completely disappears
D _ By _
C the blue
Bm tiled
Em walls near the market
Am stalls.
B of the hidden door she
C leads you to _ _
B These days
Em I feel my life
Am just like a river.
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D _ The year
C of the canne.
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C B While she looks at you
C so coolly
G And 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
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_ The year of
Em the canne.
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C morning
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C On the bus
Bm and the tourists
Em are gone.
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Bm away your
Em choice and lost your ticket
Am So you have to stay on.
D _ _ But
C the drumbeat
Bm strains
Em of the night come in
B And the rhythm of the new
C born day.
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B know sometime
Em you're bound to leave her
Am But for now you're gonna
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In the year of
C the canne.
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