Chords with lyrics
- Submitter: Flyinglibra51
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
Year of the Cat Al Stewart written by Al Stewart and Peter Wood Intro Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D7D7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD D7D7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD D7D7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm On a morning from a Bogart movie Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm in a country where they turn back time Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 you go strolling through the crowd like E minorEm Am7Am7 D7D7 Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. C majorC D MajorD E minorEm She comes out of the sun in a silk dress BB C majorC running like a water color in the rain. BB E minorEm Don`t bother asking for explanations. Am7Am7 D MajorD D7D7 She`ll just tell you that she came Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD D7D7 in the Year of the Cat.
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm She doesn`t give you time for questions Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm as she locks up you arm in hers. Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm And you follow `til your sense of E minorEm Am7Am7 D7D7 which direction completely disappears. C majorC D MajorD E minorEm By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls BB C majorC there`s a hidden door she leads you to. BB E minorEm `These days,` she says, `I feel my life just Am7Am7 D MajorD like a river running through Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD D7D7 the Year of the Cat.`
BB C majorC Well she looks at you so cooly G+G D MajorD and her eyes shine like the moon D7D7 in the sea. BB C majorC She comes in incense and pathchouli G+G FF so you take her to find what`s C majorC D MajorD waiting inside Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD D7D7 the Year of the Cat. E------5-7-8-7-5---h7--------5-----------------7p-7-5--| B--7-8-----------8----5--7-8---8-7-8-7-5---5-----------| G----------------------------------------7---4---------| D------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------| C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC B minorBm E minorEm C majorC E----------------5------------------------------7-10s--| B--8-7-8-5-5-7-8---5s-3--------------------8-5--7------| G-----------------------2-0-2-4--------4-7------7------| D-------------------------------2-4s-5----------7------| A------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC E--12-10------------------------4-4-7-8----------------| B--------12-10-10-h12s-10---------------5-5-7-8-7------| G-------------------------12s-3------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------| G+G C majorC C#m7C#m7 A minorAm G+G E--17-17-17-17-17-17--15-14-17-------------------------| B------------------------------8-7-8-7-10-8-7---10-----| G------------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD G+G D MajorD E--10-12-14-------------------------------20-18--------| B-----------12-14-15--15-14-12--16-17-19---------------| G------------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------| G+G B minorBm G+G E minorEm C majorC C#m7C#m7 Saxophone Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm While morning comes and you`re still with her Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm and the bus and the tourists are gone. Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm And you`ve thrown away your choice and E minorEm Am7Am7 D7D7 lost your ticket so you have to stay on. Cmaj7Cmaj7 B minorBm E minorEm But the drumbeat strains of the night BB C majorC remain in the rhythm of the newborn day. BB E minorEm You know sometime you`re bound to leave her Am7Am7 D MajorD but for now you`re gonna stay Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm C majorC D6D6 E minorEm C majorC D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD in the Year of the Cat. Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6D6 E minorEm Am7Am7 C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC B minorBm Year of the cat (Sax starts) C majorC E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD D7D7 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC B minorBm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC B minorBm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD C majorC D MajorD (fade) E--7-h8p-7---------| Played starting at last verse end on word cat & B----------8-7-5---| G------------------| Played during ending chord riff, fit it in. D------------------| A------------------| E------------------|
Year Of The Cat chords
"Year of the Cat" is a single by singer-songwriter Al Stewart, released in July 1976. The song is the title track of his 1976 album Year of the Cat, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London in January 1976 by engineer Alan Parsons.
The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1977. Although Stewart´s highest charting single on that chart was 1978´s "Time Passages", "Year of the Cat" has remained Stewart´s signature recording, receiving regular airplay on both classic rock and folk rock stations.
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