Year of the Cat

On a (Cmaj7)morning from a (Bm)Bogart movie,

in a (Cmaj7)country where they (Bm)turned back time,

you go (Cmaj7)strolling through the (Bm)crowd (Em)like

Peter Lorre (Am7)contemplating a crime.

(D)She comes (Cmaj7)out of the sun in a silk dress,

running like a (B)watercolor in the (C)rain.

Don't bother (B)asking for (Em)explanations.

She'll just (Am7)tell you that she (D)came in the year of the cat.

(D)She (Cmaj7)doesn't give you (Bm)time for questions as she (Cmaj7)locks up your they (Bm)arm in hers,

and you (Cmaj7)follow till your (Bm)sense of (Em)which direction so (Am7)completely disap

(D)By the (Cmaj7)bluetiled the walls near the market stalls,

in there's a (B)hidden door she leads you (C)to.

"These days," she (B)says, ing "I (Em)feel my life just like a (Am7)river running through (D)in the year of the cat."

(D)She Well, she (B)looks at you so coolly and her (G)eyes shine like the (D)moon in the sea.

She comes in (B)incense and (C)patchouli.

So you (G)take her to (F6)find what's waiting inside

the year of the (Cmaj7)cat.

(D)Well,