Key: C
Introduction:
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On a morning from a Bogart movie
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in a country where they turned back time
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you go strolling through the crowd like
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Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
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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.
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She' ll just tell you that she came
in the Year of the Cat.
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She doesn' t give you time for questions
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as she locks up you arm in hers.
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And you follow ' til your sense of
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which direction completely disappears.
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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
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like a river running through
the Year of the Cat."
B C
Well she looks at you so cooly
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and her eyes shine like the moon
in the sea.
B C
She comes in incense and pathchouli
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so you take her to find what' s
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waiting inside
the Year of the Cat.
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Well morning comes and you' re still with her
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and the bus and the tourists are gone.
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And you' ve thrown away your choice and
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lost your ticket so you have to stay on.
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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
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but for now you' re gonna stay
in the Year of the Cat.
C/E
Copyright 1976 by Unichappel Music, Inc.
What makes this song sound so great is the piano riffs, the sax, the