*********************************************** Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart and Peter Wood *********************************************** Tabs by Adam Woolfe Intro ----- | Cmaj7 D6 Em | D6 | Cmaj7 D6 Em | D6 | | Cmaj7 D6 Em | | Am7 | D | Cmaj7 Bm Em On a morning from a Bogart movie Cmaj7 Bm Em In a country where they turned back time Cmaj7 Bm Em You go strolling through the crowd like Am7 D Peter Lorre contemplating a crime Cmaj7 Bm Em She comes out of the sun in a silk dress B C Running like a water colour in the rain B Em Don't bother asking for explanations Am7 D She'll just tell you that she came Cmaj7 D6 Em etc (as intro) In the Year of the Cat. Cmaj7 Bm Em She doesn't give you time for questions Cmaj7 Bm Em As she locks up your arm in hers Cmaj7 Bm Em And you follow 'til your sense of Am7 D Which direction completely disappears Cmaj7 Bm 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 etc 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 F6 So you take her to find what's C/E D Cmaj7 D6 Em etc Waiting inside the Year of the Cat. Acoustic solo ------------- Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Cmaj7 D6 Em Am7 D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 E Am7 D Electric solo ------------- D D G D G Bm B7 C A Sax solo - Cmaj7 D6 Em etc -------- Cmaj7 Bm Em Well morning comes and you're still with her Cmaj7 Bm Em And the bus and the tourists are gone Cmaj7 Bm Em And you've thrown away your choice and Am7 D Lost your ticket so you have to stay on Cmaj7 Bm Em But the drumbeat strains of the night remain B C 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 etc, repeat twice In the Year of the Cat. End sax solo ------------ Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 E Am7 D Cmaj7 D6 Em etc repeat to fade Here is a rough guitar tab version of the piano intro and tabs for the guitar solos: Intro: (an attempt to play the melody notes on the top strings while holding down the chords on the bottom ones) Cmaj7 D6 Em | D6 e|---7------7------7--------------7--|----------7-8-7-------7---| B|---8-------------7---10---7-----8--|----------------8-----7---| G|---9-------------7--------------9--|------------------9---7---| D|---10------------7--------------9--|----------------------7---| A|---7-------------9--------------7--|----------------------9---| E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------| Cmaj7 D6 Em | D6 e|---7------7------7--------------7--|----------7-8-7-------7---| B|---8-------------7---10---7-----8--|----------------8-----7---| G|---9-------------7--------------9--|------------------9---7---| D|---10------------7--------------9--|----------------------7---| A|---7-------------9--------------7--|----------------------9---| E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------| Cmaj7 D6 Em | | Am7 | D e|---7------7------7--------------7--|--------------|-5--5----5--|-5----| B|---8-------------7---10---7-----8--|--------------|-5--5----5--|-7----| G|---9-------------7--------------9--|-----9-7------|-5--5----5--|-7----| D|---10------------7--------------9--|---------10-9-|-5--5----5--|-7----| A|---7-------------9--------------7--|--------------|-7--7----7--|-5----| E|-----------------------------------|--------------|-5--5----5--|------| Acoustic guitar solo: D | Cmaj7 D6 Em | | Cmaj7 D6 Em | e|---------5-|-7----8--7--5------5h7-|-----------|-5----------------------| B|---7--8----|---------------8-------|------7--8-|-----7--8---7--5-----5--| G|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|------------------7-----| D|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------| A|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------| E|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------| | Cmaj7 D6 Em | | Am7 e|----------|----7-5-7--5--------|----------------|-5------------| B|----------|--------------8-7-8-|------7-5-5-7-8-|---------5--3-| G|--4-------|--------------------|----------------|--------------| D|----------|--------------------|----------------|--------------| A|----------|--------------------|----------------|--------------| E|----------|--------------------|----------------|--------------| D | Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Gmaj7 e|----------------------|-------------|------------|---10--12----10--8--7-| B|----------------------|-------------|--8--5------|---7------------------| G|-2--0--2--4-----------|--------4--7-|------------|----------------------| D|--------------2---4---|-5-----------|------------|----------------------| A|----------------------|-------------|------------|----------------------| E|----------------------|-------------|------------|----------------------| Cmaj7 | E | Am7 | D e|-5--------|-4----4--5--7-|-8------------------|------ B|----------|--------------|--------5--5----7-8-|-7---- G|----------|--------------|--------------------|------ D|----------|--------------|--------------------|------ A|----------|--------------|--------------------|------ E|----------|--------------|--------------------|------ Electric guitar solo: D | | | G | D e|---17-17-17-----17--17--17--15--14--17-----|---------------------|------| B|-------------------------------------------|---8--7--8--7--10--8-|-7----| G|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|------| D|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|------| A|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|------| E|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|------| | G | Bm | B7 e|------10--12--14-|------------|------------------|-------------19----| B|--10-------------|-12------14-|-15----15--14--12-|-16--17--19--------| G|-----------------|------------|------------------|-------------------| D|-----------------|------------|------------------|-------------------| A|-----------------|------------|------------------|-------------------| E|-----------------|------------|------------------|-------------------| C | A e|----17--17--15--17b19--19-r-17-----------| B|--------------------------|--------------| G|--------------------------|--------------| D|--------------------------|--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------| E|--------------------------|--------------|