INTRODU??O:  C7M  D  Em  (3x)  Am7   D7
         

1? Verso:
     C7M          Bm7       Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie
     C7M              Bm7           Em
in a country where they turned back time
       C7M                  Bm7     Em
you go strolling through the crowd like
                    Am7           D7
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
          C7M       Bm7          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
She'll just tell you that she came
                   C7M  D  Em  (3x)  Am7   D7
in the Year of the Cat.

2? Verso:
    C7M            Bm7           Em
She doesn't give you time for questions
       C7M        Bm7         Em
as she locks up you arm in hers.
        C7M            Bm7       Em
And you follow 'til your sense of
                   Am7                 D7
which direction completely disappears.
       C7M       Bm7            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                   D7
like a river running through
                  C7M  D  Em  (3x)  Am7   D7 
the Year of the Cat.


         B                 C
Well she looks at you so cooly
        G                   D
and her eyes shine like the moon

in the sea.
             B                 C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
       G           F
so you take her to find what's 
C/E            D
waiting inside
                  C7M  D  Em  (3x)  Am7   D7 
the Year of the Cat.

SOLO:

3? Verso:
     C7M            Bm7                Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her
        C7M          Bm7        Em
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
            C7M             Bm7        Em
And you've thrown away your choice and
                        Am7              D7
lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
         C7M         Bm7             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
                    C7M  D  Em  (3x)  Am7   D7
in the Year of the Cat.

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