VERSE 1:
On a [Cmaj7] morning from a [D6] Bogart [Em] movie
In a [Cmaj7] country where they [D6] turned back [Em] time
You go [Cmaj7] strolling through the [D6] crowd
Like [Em] Peter Lorre contemp-[Am7]-plating a crime [D7]
PRE-CHORUS 1:
She comes [Cmaj7] out of the [D6] sun in a [Em] silk dress
Running like a [B] water color in the [C] rain
Don't bother [B7] asking for [Em] explanations
She'll just [Am7] tell you that she came [D7]
CHORUS:
In the year of the [Cmaj7] cat [D6][Em] [Cmaj7][D6][Em] [Cmaj7][D6][Em] // [Am7][D7]
VERSE 2:
She [Cmaj7] doesn't give you [D6] time for [Em] questions
As she [Cmaj7] locks up your [D6] arm in [Em] hers
And you [Cmaj7] follow 'til your [D6] sense of [Em]
Which direction com-[Am7]-pletely disappears [D7]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
By the [Cmaj7] blue-tiled [D6] walls near the [Em] market stalls
There's a [B] hidden door she leads you [C] to
"These days," she [B7] says, "I [Em] feel my life just
Like a [Am7] river running through [D7]
VERSE 3:
Well [Cmaj7] morning comes and [D6] you're still with [Em] her
And the [Cmaj7] bus and the [D6] tourists are [Em] gone
And you've [Cmaj7] thrown away your [D6] choice
And [Em] lost your ticket so you [Am7] have to stay on [D7]
PRE-CHORUS 3:
But the [Cmaj7] drumbeat [D6] strains of the [Em] night remain
In the [B] rhythm of the newborn [C] day
You know some [B7] time you're [Em] bound to leave her
But for [Am7] now you're gonna stay [D7]
