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Year Of The Cat chords by Al Stewart (Ver. 2)

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  • Submitter: Flyinglibra51 Flyinglibra51
  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Year of the Cat
Al Stewart
written by Al Stewart and Peter Wood


Intro  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD7D7

       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD

       Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7

       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7


     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7          Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramE minorEm
On a morning from a Bogart movie
     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7              Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramE minorEm
in a country where they turn back time
       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7                 Chord diagramD6D6
you go strolling through the crowd like
Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramAm7Am7              Chord diagramD7D7
  Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
               Chord diagramBB                  Chord diagramC majorC
running like a water color in the rain.
             Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramE minorEm
Don`t bother asking for explanations.
            Chord diagramAm7Am7                    Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramD7D7
She`ll just tell you that she came
                   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7
in the Year of the Cat.
    Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7            Chord diagramD6D6       Chord diagramE minorEm
She doesn`t give you time for questions
       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7            Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramE minorEm
as she locks up you arm in hers.
        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7            Chord diagramB minorBm
And you follow `til your sense of
Chord diagramE minorEm                 Chord diagramAm7Am7                 Chord diagramD7D7
which direction completely disappears.
       Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
          Chord diagramBB                         Chord diagramC majorC
there`s a hidden door she leads you to.
                  Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramE minorEm
`These days,` she says, `I feel my life just
       Chord diagramAm7Am7                   Chord diagramD MajorD
like a river running through
                Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7     Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7
the Year of the Cat.`
         Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramC majorC
Well she looks at you so cooly
        Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD
and her eyes shine like the moon
       Chord diagramD7D7
in the sea.
             Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramC majorC
She comes in incense and pathchouli
       Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramFF
so you take her to find what`s
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramD MajorD
waiting inside
                Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7
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------------------------------------------------------|
         Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC 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------------------------------------------------------|
   Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC 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------------------------------------------------------|
   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramC#m7C#m7   Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G


E--17-17-17-17-17-17--15-14-17-------------------------|
B------------------------------8-7-8-7-10-8-7---10-----|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD


E--10-12-14-------------------------------20-18--------|
B-----------12-14-15--15-14-12--16-17-19---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
            Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramC#m7C#m7

Saxophone  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramD6D6  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramD MajorD

      Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7             Chord diagramB minorBm           Chord diagramE minorEm
While morning comes and you`re still with her
        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7       Chord diagramD6D6           Chord diagramE minorEm
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
           Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7                Chord diagramB minorBm
And you`ve thrown away your choice and
Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramAm7Am7              Chord diagramD7D7
lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramE minorEm
But the drumbeat strains of the night
              Chord diagramBB                     Chord diagramC majorC
remain in the rhythm of the newborn day.
             Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
You know sometime you`re bound to leave her
        Chord diagramAm7Am7                   Chord diagramD MajorD
but for now you`re gonna stay
                   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramD MajorD
in the Year of the Cat.
            Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramD6D6 Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramB minorBm
Year of the cat                                     (Sax starts)

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD 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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