🎸 Year Of The Cat chords by Al Stewart (Ver. 2)
Guitar chords with lyrics
- 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.
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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------------------------------------------------------|
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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------------------|
Year Of The Cat chords
What Is This?
Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart guitar chords playing instructions."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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