Year Of The Cat

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Chords and lyrics for Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

Am7

On a

Cmaj7

morning

fro

m a Boga

movie

in a

Cmaj7

country where t

hey turned bac

time

you go

Cmaj7

strolling through t

he crowd

Peter Lorre contempl

Am7

ating a crime

She comes

Cmaj7

out of t

he sun in a

silk

dress

running like a

water color in the

rain.

Don’t bother

asking

for

explanations.

She’ll just

Am7

tell you that she cam

She

Cmaj7

doesn’t give

you time for

questions

as she

Cmaj7

locks up

you arm in

hers.

And you

Cmaj7

follow ’til y

our

sens

which direction com

Am7

pletely

disappears

By the

Cmaj7

blue-til

ed walls near

the market stalls

there’s a

hidden door she leads you

to.

“These days,” she

says,

“I

feel my life just

like a

Am7

river running throug

Well she

looks at you so co

oly

and her

eyes shine like the

moon

She comes in

incense and pathch

ouli

so you

take her to

find

what’s

C/E

waiting

insid

Well

Cmaj7

morning

comes

and you’re still

with

her

and the

Cmaj7

bus and the

tourists

are

gone.

And you’ve t

Cmaj7

hrown away you

r choice

and

lost your ticket so you

Am7

have to stay on

But the d

Cmaj7

rumbeat

rains of the n

ight

remain in the

rhythm of the newborn

day.

You know somet

ime

you’re

bound to leave her

but for

Am7

now you’re gonna sta

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C/E xx2010

Time Passages

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Chords and lyrics for Time Passages by Al Stewart

was

late in December. The sky turned t

snow.

All’round the

day

was

goin

ow. Night, like a rive

beginni

ng to flow

I felt the

beat of my

go drifting into

time passages. Y

ears

go falling in t

fad

ing

light.

Time passages.

Buy me a ticket o

n the las

t train home tonight.

Well, I’m not the kind to live in

the

past.

e years run too

sho

and

the days too fast. The things you lean on are

things that don’t

last. Well it’s just now an

d then my

ine

gets

cast

time passages.

There’s

something back there that

you

eft

behind.

Time passages.

Buy me a ticket

on the la

st train home tonight.

Hear the echoes and feel y

ourself

starting

turn.

Don’t know why you should feel that there’s somethin

learn.

It’s just a game tha

t you play.

Well, the

picture is changing. Now you’re

part of

a crowd. They’re laughing

something,

the

sic

‘s

oud. A girl comes toward you

you once us

ed to know.

You reach out your

hand, but you’re

alone in those

time passages.

I know

you’re in there, you’re ju

out

sight.

Time passages.

Buy me a ticket on t

he last tr

ain home tonight.

Roads To Moscow

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Chords and lyrics for Roads To Moscow by Al Stewart

Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9

switch to 4/4

They crossed over the border the

hour

before

dawn

Moving in lines through the

Cmaj7

day

Most of our planes were dest

royed on the ground where they

lay

Waiting for orders we

held in the

wood

Word from the front never c

Cmaj7

ame

evening the sound of the

gunfire was miles a

way

Ah softly we move through the shadows, slip a

Fmaj7

way through the trees

rossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our h

Fmaj7

ands and our

And all that I

ever,

was able to

see

Fmaj7

The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze

All summer they drove us back

through the Ukr

aine

Smol

ensk and Viasma soon

Cmaj7

fell

autumn we stood with our

backs to the town of Or

Closer and closer to

Moscow

they

come

Riding the wind like a

Cmaj7

bell

General Guderian

stands at the crest of the

hill

Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of

Fmaj7

mud filled the roads

Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the

Fmaj7

sky

filled

And all that I

ever,

was able to

see

The fire in the

air glowing

red,

silho

Fmaj7

uetting

the snow on

Fmaj7

the

breeze.

Ahhhh,

ahhhh,

Fmaj7

ahhhhh x4

Fmaj7

And

far away behind their lines the

partisans are stirring in the

Fmaj7

Coming unexp

ectedly upon their

outposts growing like a

Fmaj7

promise

You’ll never

know, you’ll never know which way to

turn, which way to

you’ll never

Fmaj7

see

As we’re

stealing through the blackness of the

night, you’ll never know

you’ll never

Fmaj7

hear

And the

evening sings in a

Fmaj7

voice of amber

the dawn is sur

Fmaj7

ely

coming

Fmaj7

The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming

Two broken tigers on

fire in the

night

Flicker their souls to the

Cmaj7

wind

wait in the lines for the

final approach to be

gin

It’s been

almost four years that I’ve

carried

gun

home it will almost be

Cmaj7

spring

The

flames of the tigers are

lighting the road to Ber

lin

Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that

Fmaj7

bow to the ground

The

old men and children they throw out to face us, they

Fmaj7

can’t slow us

And all that I

ever,

was able to

see

The eyes of the

city

are

opening

Fmaj7

now

it’s

the end of

Fmaj7

the

dream

Ahhh,

ahhh,

Fmaj7

ahhh x4

Fmaj7

I’ll never

know, I’ll never know why I was

taken from the line

and all the o

Fmaj7

thers

board a special train and journey

deep into the heart of holy

Fmaj7

Russia

Fmaj7

Fmaj7

The

pale sun of Oc

Fmaj7

tober whispers

the snow will soon

Fmaj7

coming

And I

wonder when I’ll be

Fmaj7

home again, and

the morning answe

Fmaj7

rs,

never

And the

evening sighs and the

Fmaj7

steely

Russ

ian skies go on

Fmaj7

On The Border

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Chords and lyrics for On The Border by Al Stewart

F#m

The fishing boats go out across the evening water

Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border

The winds whip up the waves so loud

The

ghost moon sails a

mong the clouds

And

F#m

turns the rifle

s into silve

F#m

r on the border

F#m

On my wall the colours of the maps are running

From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming

The torches flair up in the night

The

hand that sets the

farms

alight

Has

F#m

spread the word t

o those who’re waitin

F#m

g on the border

In the vllage where I grew up

Nothing seems the same

But still you

never see the change from day to

day

And no one

notices the customs slip

away

G#m

F#m

Late last night the rain was knocking on my window

I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow

I thought I saw down in the street

The

spirit of the

century

F#m

Telling us tha

t we’re all standin

F#m

g on the border

In the islands where I grew up

Nothing seems the same

It’s just the

patterns that remain an empty

shell

But there’s

strangeness in the air you feel too well

G#m

F#m

Midas Shadow

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Chords and lyrics for Midas Shadow by Al Stewart

You’ve got your

ticket and your

hotel

keys

And your overnight

Am7

bag at your feet

YOu’re looking d

own on the tropi

cal

trees

While the Spanish m

Am7

aids pick up the sheets

Conquist

ador in

search of

gold

For all the j

ack-daw

reasons

The Midas shadow

that’s so hard

please

Follows wh

Am7

erever you go.

Nothing ventured

, nothing gained

they

said

So you played for t

Am7

he winner takes all

And tossed the d

ice high up and

craned your head

To see how the n

Am7

umbers would fall

You

stol

e the ga

me so easi

Your luck ran

with the seasons

But still the sh

adow that the ni

ght won’t free just

Follows

Am7

wherever you go.

Another day, ano

ther boarding ca

rd,

As you wait for you

Am7

r seat on the ‘plane

The movie runs b

ut you’re still

working

hard

And you don’t touch

Am7

your food or champagne

I know t

hat

when

your

well

runs

dry

Yuu’ll want t

o know the reason

The empty night

will bring you n

As it foll

Am7

ows wherever you go.

Marion The Chtelaine

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Chords and lyrics for Marion The Chtelaine by Al Stewart

When the

great collector found her

She was just a

girl

She rang a chord in

side

him

And he

stole her

the

F#m

centre of h

world

Many

wished they could

in her shoes

But she

surely did know

how to have the

blues

They say t

F#m

omorrow’s

such

lon

F#m

long

time

F#m

They say

C#m

tomorrow

ver

comes

Wha

tever

happen

ed to

F#m

is dream of mine

Count the

days as they

run

Last Days Of The Century

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Chords and lyrics for Last Days Of The Century by Al Stewart

Bass notes:

E-E-G-A-B-B-C-B

-A-A-B-A-F#-F#-G-F#

When the

cock

crows

D/A

And

e wind blows

D/A

And

the

primrose

D/A

dawn

Is at your

windows

Cmaj7

Moving through

D/F#

the

deep

You chase

Cmaj7

dreams accross y

D/F#

our

sleep

Scarecrows

D/A

Waiting at you

door

In the

last days of the c

entury

Leaning from your

balcony

You said

: This is how it’s

meant to be

Can’t you

Cmaj7

feel it in

the

air?

See that light come

shining

down

All the way to

Chinatown

See it shine from

miles

around

Ref

Cmaj7

lecting

Bm7

verywhere

Katherine Of Oregon

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Chords and lyrics for Katherine Of Oregon by Al Stewart

When I get even

more old

than I am now

I’ll have a house

overlooking

the water

I’ll read all the books

that I never

got ’round

The lights of the

city they

blink off and on

again

Names in my

memory are

there, then they’re

gone

again

Albums of

photographs

spread on the

floor

again

I’ll fill my

garage up with

things I’ve no

use

for

Obsolete

knick-knacks that

there’s no

excuse

for

I’ll turn my

back on the

world’s grand

illusions

The lights of the

city they

blink off and on

again

Names in my

memory are

there, then they’re

gone

again

Albums of

photographs

spread on the

floor

again

I’ll wear my

clothes with their

colors all

clashing

They’ll be so

old that they’ll

come back in

fashion

I’ll sit on the

beach with my

paper wrapped

luncheon

The lights of the

city they

blink off and on

again

Names in my

memory are

there, then they’re

gone

again

Albums of

photographs

spread on the

floor

again

I’ll spend my

evenings with

Katherine of

Oregon

Im Falling

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Chords and lyrics for Im Falling by Al Stewart

(1)

Watching you

C/B

movin

aro

und, taking t

time to get

a proper look,

(1)It

seems as though

I’ve never really

looked at you

And

already

the

sun

has

gone and it’

Cdim

s growing

dark

outside,

And our

shadow is an embyro that

slowly comes t

o life and

growing stronger as it climbs, to shiver in a blaze across the ceiling

And the

soundless

crash of the

sea

And the waves break over the beach of our

Cdim

bodies as you

reach

your

(to 3rd verse)

Moving around inside a

dream

today,

falling for you in such

a special way

A League Of Notions

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Chords and lyrics for A League Of Notions by Al Stewart

I’m here sitting in the wr

eck of Europe

With a

map of Europe

Spread out

in a hall of Vers

ailles

And every single nat

ionality and principal

ity

have come for a piece

of the pie

I’m sitting in the wr

eck of Europe

With a m

ap of Europe

And the l

ines and the border

s are gone

We’ve got to do this jigsa

puzzle

It’s an

awful

muddle

But

somehow we’ve got to

**Lawrence of Arabia is wait

ing in the wings

He’s got some A

rab sheikhs and kings

And we’re in d

ebt to

them

some

how

Lawrence of Arabia has got thi

s perfect vision

Gonna

sell him down the river

There’s no ti

me for him n

I think I’m gonna take a piece

Russia

And a P

iece of Germany

And

give them to Polan

again

I’ll put together

Yugoslavia and Czecho

slovakia

And

hope that is how

they’ll

emain

Then I’ll take a b

it of Turkey

Then a lo

t of Turkey

This is

all quite a hea

aff

air

There’s Persia and Iraq

to pick up

And there’s C

hurchill’s

hiccup

And we can

‘t leave it up i

n the ai

Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points

around

And says “The time to act is n

Won’t get this opportun

ity

ain”

Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen po

ints

But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd Ge

orge

God hims

elf had only ten

“

Today I’m carried by a leagu

e of notions

a league of notions

I don’t think I

quite

und

erstand

I only know from this comm

otion

There’s a chance that we could turn

The world in the palm

of our hands

Voices in the corridors of p

ower

Candles burning hour by h

our

Still you know that to the victors g

o the s

poils

Such a great responsi

bility to make it fair

And there must be

some reparations now

And don’t forget the oi

Today I’m carried by a leagu

e of notions

a league of notions

I don’t think I

quite

und

erstand

I only know from this comm

otion

There’s a chance that we could turn

The world in the palm

of our hands

Pax

obiscum

AChords

Category Archives: Al Stewart

Year Of The Cat

Time Passages

Roads To Moscow

On The Border

Midas Shadow

Marion The Chtelaine

Last Days Of The Century

Katherine Of Oregon

Im Falling

A League Of Notions