Year of the Cat by Al Stewart (notated by Jeff A. Estefan jae@explorer.jpl.nasa.gov) Words & Music by Al Stewart and Peter Wood INTRO: (three times) VERSE 1: On a morning from a Bogart movie in a country where they turned back time you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a water color in the rain. Don't bother asking for explanations. She'll just tell you that she came in the Year of the Cat. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords) VERSE 2: She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up you arm in hers. And you follow 'til your sense of which direction completely disappears. By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls there's a hidden door she leads you to. "These days," she says, "I feel my life just like a river running through the Year of the Cat." INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords) BRIDGE: (lead-in: instead of ) Well she looks at you so cooly and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea. She comes in incense and pathchouli so you take her to find what's waiting inside the Year of the Cat. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times) acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!) VERSE 3: Well morning comes and you're still with her and the bus and the tourists are gone. And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket so you have to stay on. But the drumbeat strains of the night remain in the rhythm of the newborn day. You know sometime you're bound to leave her but for now you're gonna stay in the Year of the Cat. INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords and fade) piano riffs, sax, etc. CHORD DIAGRAMS: x32000 xx2320 022000 x02010 xx0212 xx4432 xx4442 x32010 320003 xx3211 xx2010 Copyright 1976 by Unichappel Music, Inc. What makes this song sound so great is the piano riffs, the sax, the solos, and, of course, Al Stewart's voice. But you can still have fun with this tune singing solo with a sweet soundin' acoustic in hand.