Biography:
Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 September 1945) is a British songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1978 follow-up Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past; indeed, he is credited with creating his own genre, "historical folk rock". At one time in his life, Stewart took guitar lessons from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
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Other songs:
- A League Of Notions
- Almost Lucy
- Angry Bird
- Apple Cider Reconstitution
- Broadway Hotel
- Carol
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Flying Sorcery
- If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
- Im Falling
- In Brooklyn
- Katherine Of Oregon
- Last Days Of The Century
- Laughing Into 1939
- Life In Dark Water
- Lord Grenville
- Lord Salisbury
- Love Chronicles
- Manuscript
- Marion The Chtelaine
- Midas Shadow
- News From Spain
- Night Of The Fourth Of May
- Nostradamus
- Old Admirals
- On The Border
- One Stage Before
- Palace Of Versailles
- Red Toupee
- Roads To Moscow
- Running Man
- Samuel Oh How Youve Changed
- Sand In Your Shoes
- Song On The Radio
- Strange Girl
- Terminal Eyes
- The Ballad Of Mary Foster
- The Carmichaels
- The Dark And The Rolling Sea
- The Loneliest Place On The Map
- Three Mules
- Time Passages
- Timeless Skies
- Trespasser
- Year Of The Cat
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Intro
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
Verse
CM7 Bm Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie,
CM7 Bm Em
in a country where they turned back time
CM7 Bm Em
you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Am7 D7
contemplating a crime.
CM7 Bm Em
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
B7 C
running like a water color in the rain.
B7 Em
Don't bother asking for explanations.
Am7 D
She'll just tell you that she came
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3)[3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
CM7 Bm Em
She doesn't give you time for questions
CM7 Bm Em
as she locks up your arm in hers.
CM7 Bm Em
And you follow 'til your sense of which direction
Am7 D7
completely disappears.
CM7 Bm Em
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
B7 C
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
B7 Em
"These days," she says, "I feel my life
Am7 D
just like a river running through
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat."
Bridge
B7 C
Well she looks at you so cooly
G D
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea.
B7 C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
G F C D
so you take her - to find what's waiting inside
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat.
Solo part
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 D7
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7
D1 D² G6/D D³ G/D Bm B7 Cadd9 A
(chord diagram: xx0232 - xx0775 - xx0987 - xx0232 - xx0433 - x24432 - x24242 - x32033 - 577655)
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
Verse
CM7 Bm Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her
CM7 Bm D7
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
CM7 Bm Em
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
Am7 D7
so you have to stay on.
CM7 Bm Em
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
B7 C
in the rhythm of the newborn day.
B7 Em
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
Am7 D
but for now you're gonna stay
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4 (fade out at lib)
Chord Diagrams
Intro & Solo
CM7(no5) x32400
D6add9/F# 200400
E(no3) 022400
Am7 x02010
Am7addG x02013
D7 xx0212
D7sus4 xx0213
G6 320430
CM9(no5) x32430
EM7 021100
Verse
CM7 x32000
Bm x24432
Em 022000
Am7 x02010
D7 xx0212
B7 224242
C 032010
D xx2320
Bridge
B7 224242
G 320033
C 032010
D xx0232
F 133211
Solo
D1 xx0232
D² xx0775
G6/D xx0987
D³ xx0232
G/D xx0433
Bm x24432
B7 x24242
Cadd9 X32033
A 577655
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
Verse
CM7 Bm Em
On a morning from a Bogart movie,
CM7 Bm Em
in a country where they turned back time
CM7 Bm Em
you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Am7 D7
contemplating a crime.
CM7 Bm Em
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
B7 C
running like a water color in the rain.
B7 Em
Don't bother asking for explanations.
Am7 D
She'll just tell you that she came
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3)[3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
CM7 Bm Em
She doesn't give you time for questions
CM7 Bm Em
as she locks up your arm in hers.
CM7 Bm Em
And you follow 'til your sense of which direction
Am7 D7
completely disappears.
CM7 Bm Em
By the blue-tiled walls near the market stalls
B7 C
there's a hidden door she leads you to.
B7 Em
"These days," she says, "I feel my life
Am7 D
just like a river running through
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat."
Bridge
B7 C
Well she looks at you so cooly
G D
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea.
B7 C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
G F C D
so you take her - to find what's waiting inside
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
the Year of the Cat.
Solo part
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 D7
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7
D1 D² G6/D D³ G/D Bm B7 Cadd9 A
(chord diagram: xx0232 - xx0775 - xx0987 - xx0232 - xx0433 - x24432 - x24242 - x32033 - 577655)
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
Verse
CM7 Bm Em
Well morning comes and you're still with her
CM7 Bm D7
and the bus and the tourists are gone.
CM7 Bm Em
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
Am7 D7
so you have to stay on.
CM7 Bm Em
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
B7 C
in the rhythm of the newborn day.
B7 Em
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
Am7 D
but for now you're gonna stay
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4
in the Year of the Cat.
G6 CM9(no5) G6 CM9(no5) EM7 Am7 D7 D7sus4
CM7(no5) D6add9/F# E(no3) [3x] Am7 Am7addG D7 D7sus4 (fade out at lib)
Chord Diagrams
Intro & Solo
CM7(no5) x32400
D6add9/F# 200400
E(no3) 022400
Am7 x02010
Am7addG x02013
D7 xx0212
D7sus4 xx0213
G6 320430
CM9(no5) x32430
EM7 021100
Verse
CM7 x32000
Bm x24432
Em 022000
Am7 x02010
D7 xx0212
B7 224242
C 032010
D xx2320
Bridge
B7 224242
G 320033
C 032010
D xx0232
F 133211
Solo
D1 xx0232
D² xx0775
G6/D xx0987
D³ xx0232
G/D xx0433
Bm x24432
B7 x24242
Cadd9 X32033
A 577655
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