Year Of The Cat Chords by Al Stewart

[C] [D] [Em] .
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em] .
[C] [D] [Em] .
[A] [C] .
[D] [Em] .
[C] [D] [Em] .
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em] .
[A] [Em] [C] .
[G] [C] .
[G] .
[C] [E] .
[Am] [Bm] [D] .
[Bm] [D] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [Am] .
[D] [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.
[D] [C] She comes out [Bm] of the sun [Em] in a silk dress running [B] like a watercolour [C] in the rain.
[B] Don't bother [Em] asking for an explanation She'll [Am] just tell you that she came [D] in the year [C] of.
[D] Canne [Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [Am] .
[D] [C] She doesn't give you [Bm] time [Em] for questions.
As [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.
running through [D] The year [C] of the canne.
[D] .
[Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C] [D] .
[Em] [Am] .
[D] [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 [D] inside .
The year of [Em] the canne.
[Bm] .
[Em] One [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] .
[Bm] [Em] .
[Bm] [Em] [C] .
[Bm] [Em] [Am] .
[C] [D] [C] morning [Bm] comes and you're [Em] still with her [C] On 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 on.
[D] But [C] the drumbeat [Bm] strains [Em] of the night come in [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 of [C] the canne.
[D].
[Em] The [C] [Bm] .
[Em] [C] [Bm] .
[Em] [Am] .
[D] year [C] of the canne.
[D] [Em] [C] [D] [Em] .
[C] [Bm] .
[Em] [Am] .
[D] [G] [C] .
[G] [C] .
[E] [Am] .
[D] .
[C] [D] [Em] .
[Bm] [Em] .
[G] [C] [G] [Em] .
[Am] [D] .
[C] [Bm] [Em] .
[Bm] [Em] .
[G] [C] [D] [Em] .
[Am] [D] .
[C] [Bm] [Em] .
[D] [Em] .
[C] [Bm] [N] .