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

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Year of the Cat
Al Stewart
written by Al Stewart and Peter Wood


Intro  Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D7

       Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em  Am7 C D

       G C G C E Am D D7

       Cmaj7 D6 Em  Cmaj7 D6 Em  Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D D7


     Cmaj7          Bm     Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie
     Cmaj7              Bm        Em
in a country where they turn back time
       Cmaj7                 D6
you go strolling through the crowd like
Em                  Am7              D7
  Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
          C          D        Em
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
               B                  C
running like a water color in the rain.
             B          Em
Don`t bother asking for explanations.
            Am7                    D  D7
She`ll just tell you that she came
                   Cmaj7  D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D D7
in the Year of the Cat.

    Cmaj7            D6       Em
She doesn`t give you time for questions
       Cmaj7            Bm     Em
as she locks up you arm in hers.
        Cmaj7            Bm
And you follow `til your sense of
Em                 Am7                 D7
which direction completely disappears.
       C          D              Em
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
          B                         C
there`s a hidden door she leads you to.
                  B        Em
`These days,` she says, `I feel my life just
       Am7                   D
like a river running through
                Cmaj7     D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D D7
the Year of the Cat.`


         B               C
Well she looks at you so cooly
        G                   D
and her eyes shine like the moon
       D7
in the sea.
             B               C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
       G           F
so you take her to find what`s
C         D
waiting inside
                Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 Bm Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D D7
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     D      Em     C     Bm         Em   C

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     Em   Am    D                G      C



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                    C       C#m7   Am      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                            G                D


E--10-12-14-------------------------------20-18--------|
B-----------12-14-15--15-14-12--16-17-19---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
            G      Bm      G   Em   C     C#m7

Saxophone  Cmaj7 D6 Em  Cmaj7 Bm Em  Cmaj7  D6  Em  Am  D

      Cmaj7             Bm           Em
While morning comes and you`re still with her
        Cmaj7       D6           Em
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
           Cmaj7                Bm
And you`ve thrown away your choice and
Em                      Am7              D7
lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
        Cmaj7    Bm             Em
But the drumbeat strains of the night
              B                     C
remain in the rhythm of the newborn day.
             B           Em
You know sometime you`re bound to leave her
        Am7                   D
but for now you`re gonna stay
                   Cmaj7 D6 Em  C D6 Em C D6 Em Am7 D
in the Year of the Cat.
            Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 C D G C Bm
Year of the cat                                     (Sax starts)

C Em Am D D7 C D Em C Bm Em C D Em

Am D C D Em C Bm Em C D Em Am D C D (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------------------|