Chords for AL STEWART -YEAR OF THE CAT

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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] a [Bm] morning from a bog [Em]-eyed movie, _ in a [C]
country wild it [Em] turned like the times,
You [C] go strolling through the [E] crowd like, a beetle or a rake,
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contemplating a crime.
[D] _ _ She [C] comes out of the sun [Em] in a silk dress, running [B] like a watercolour in [C] the rain. _ _
Don't [B] bother asking [Em] for an explanation, [Am] she'll just call you the chum _ [D] _ in the ear of [C] the cat.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] She doesn't [Bm] give you time [Em] for questions, [C] as she locks [Bm] up your arm [Em] and voice,
_ [C] and you follow to [D] your sense [E] of which direction [Am] the piglet disappears.
[D] _ _ By [C] the blue-tiled [Bm] walls [Em] near the market stalls, [B] there's a hidden door she leads [C] you to. _ _
These [B] days she says, [Bm] I feel my life just [Am] like a river running through.
[D] _ The ear of [C] the cat, [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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she locks her chew [C] so coolly,
_ [G] her eyes they shine [D] like the moon in the sea, she [B] comes in and sucks [C] and patchouli.
You wait _ [G] till you take her [F] to find [C] what's waiting [D] in sight, _ _ the ear of [C] the [D] cat.
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[D] _ _ _ [C] One morning comes, [Em] you're still with her, _ [C] and the bus and [Em] tourists are gone.
_ [C] You've thrown away your [E] choice and lost your ticket, [Am] so you have to stay on.
[D] _ _ _ [C] But the drumbeat [Em] strings of the night [F#] remain [B] in the rhythm of the new born [C] day.
_ _ You [B] know, sometime [Em] you're bound to leave [Am] home, but now you're gonna stay.
[D] _ Ear of the [D] cat, _ [Em] _
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[D] oh ear of the [C] cat.
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