INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
LAm7 RE7
VERSE 1:
DOmaj7 SIm MImOn a morning from a Bogart movie
in a country where they turned back time
DOmaj7 SIm MImyou go strolling through the crowd like
LAm7 RE7Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
SI DOrunning like a water color in the rain.
SI MImDon'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:
DOmaj7 SIm MImShe doesn't give you time for questions
DOmaj7 SIm MImas she locks up you arm in hers.
And you follow 'til your sense of
LAm7 RE7which direction completely disappears.
DOmaj7 SIm MImBy the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
SI MIm"These days," she says, "I feel my life just
LAm7 RElike a river running through
the Year of the Cat."
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords)
BRIDGE: (lead-in: D instead of D7)
Well she looks at you so cooly
SOL REand her eyes shine like the moon
in the sea.
She comes in incense and pathchouli
SOL FAso you take her to find what's
DO/MI REwaiting inside
the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times)
acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!)
VERSE 3:
DOmaj7 SIm MImWell morning comes and you're still with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
DOmaj7 SIm MImAnd you've thrown away your choice and
LAm7 RE7lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
But the drumbeat strains of the night
SI DOremain in the rhythm of the newborn day.
SI MImYou 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:
DOmaj7 x32000RE xx2320
INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three
..times)
LAm7 RE7
VERSE 1:
DOmaj7 SIm MImOn a morning from a Bogart movie
DOmaj7 SImin a country where they turned
..back time
DOmaj7 SImyou go strolling through the crowd
MIm..like
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
RE7DOmaj7 SIm
She comes out of the sun in a silk
.. dress
SIrunning like a water color in the
DO..rain.
Don't bother asking for
..explanations.
She'll just tell you that she came
RE
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO
..chords)
VERSE 2:
DOmaj7 SImShe doesn't give you time for
MIm..questions
as she locks up you arm in hers.
DOmaj7 SImAnd you follow 'til your sense of
MIm
which direction completely
RE7..disappears.
DOmaj7 SImBy the blue-tiled walls near the
..market stalls
SIthere's a hidden door she leads
DO..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: D instead of D7)
Well she looks at you so cooly
SOL REand her eyes shine like the moon
in the sea.
She comes in incense and
..pathchouli
so you take her to find what's
DO/MI REwaiting inside
the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords
..a few times)
acoustic/electric guitar solos,
..piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!)
VERSE 3:
DOmaj7 SImWell morning comes and you're
..still with her
DOmaj7 SImand the bus and the tourists are
MIm..gone.
And you've thrown away your choice
MIm..and
LAm7lost your ticket so you have to
..stay on.
DOmaj7 SImBut the drumbeat strains of the
MIm..night
remain in the rhythm of the
DO..newborn day.
SI MImYou know sometime you're bound to
..leave her
LAm7 REbut for now you're gonna stay
in the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords
..and fade)
piano riffs, sax, etc.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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