INTRO: Cmaj7 D Em (three times)
Am7 D7
VERSE 1:
Cmaj7 Bm EmOn a morning from a Bogart movie
in a country where they turned back time
Cmaj7 Bm Emyou go strolling through the crowd like
Am7 D7Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
B Crunning like a water color in the rain.
B EmDon'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:
Cmaj7 Bm EmShe doesn't give you time for questions
Cmaj7 Bm Emas she locks up you arm in hers.
And you follow 'til your sense of
Am7 D7which direction completely disappears.
Cmaj7 Bm EmBy the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
B Em"These days," she says, "I feel my life just
Am7 Dlike 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
G Dand her eyes shine like the moon
in the sea.
She comes in incense and pathchouli
G Fso you take her to find what's
C/E Dwaiting inside
the Year of the Cat.
INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat INTRO chords a few times)
acoustic/electric guitar solos, piano, sax, etc. (sweet stuff!)
VERSE 3:
Cmaj7 Bm EmWell morning comes and you're still with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
Cmaj7 Bm EmAnd you've thrown away your choice and
Am7 D7lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
But the drumbeat strains of the night
B Cremain in the rhythm of the newborn day.
B EmYou 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:
Cmaj7 x32000D xx2320
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