LESSON - Year of the Cat by Al Stewart

[@tooloudeh]

Thank you very much. Allways loved this song.

[@ricaradovargas8104]

Yep!... i dig it...its one of my favorite, but the acoustic version one with Peter White ...thank you Dave...God bless.

[@jeffreyogden8802]

You give great lessons. I’m an older guy and I like these songs better now than when they were hits.

[@johnjdevincentisjr.5331]

Omg.. They don't wright like that.. Beautiful song. So many memories. That solo is awesome

[@johnjdevincentisjr.5331]

The juke box man

[@tonyefc8423]

Great lesson Dave. Superb.

[@erickvillalobos7528]

Thank you for an excellent guitar lesson for this song that is a classic.

[@Michlandir]

Great call - All time classic! #Scotsman

[@jameshowland7393]

Nice work Dave! One of my favorite songs. Thanks very much!

[@karenallen5514]

I love how you give us the chords and notes on top of the video, excellent, thank you.

[@johnhale764]

Fantastic buddy 👍that's what I call a tutorial. Many thanks 👏

[@BrianMoore-z8g]

one of my all time favorites... a week doesn't go by without me hearing this on favorite playlist... never get tired of this song... I like Time Passages and some of his other stuff too.

[@MT-or7lv]

Love your lessons. Good to see someone give a lesson for intermediate to pro players. Thank you.

[@LP59GoldTop]

Pure Gold, my Friend.

[@paulbaluch439]

Great song great lesson a song that you must have in the set list that's a for sure I also checked out your lead lesson on this song Awesome this is one of those songs that you just do not want to change that radio station when it comes on thanks David as always

[@scottbecker3485]

Absolutely brilliant! Now committed to learning this with your fine help.

[@michaeljb6779]

Excellent Dave...thanks!

[@manuelareni7992]

Bravo Dave!! Thank you!

[@mvp019]

Dave you are becoming my secret weapon - when I play these songs my friends ask me why I don't suck as much as I used to, I can say because I have channeled about 5% of your your ability!

[@MrTimdriver]

Great lesson Dave.

[@javortgon]

Amazing lesson, man!!! THanks a lot.

[@jahjah67]

One of my favorite songs ever and the guitar solo from Tim Renwick is just great. Nice one, Dave

[@dne50]

I play this pretty well, including the little "trill" in the intro and the lead break but you always teach me something. Thanks Dave

[@HC_GUITAR]

Nobody writes songs as Good as this anymore! Fellow Glaswegian Al Stewart's masterpiece! Never attempted this song before but after this great lesson I want to learn it now. Cheers Dave.

[@CHAOSmusic-2019]

That's definitely a song I love also Dave. Gonna try to grab my guitar later on tonight and rewatch your lesson. Have a great day Dave.

[@candie5150]

You really know your stuff. Can hardly wait to learn these songs. So many faves of mine, I've been wanting to learn. And you do them with such ease and you teach them so well. Thanks for this channel and for you being such a pro!

[@DavesGuitarChannel]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@RockinRichy]

Great tutorial for a great song. Thank you

[@danserdutz6700]

One of my all time favs. Fantastic album! I had about 90% of the guitar down but there were touches you uncovered that are more exact so thanks. Dave is one of the few who displays what the session player was really doing in the studio. All the nuances are there which make the tune unique and faithful. Those tricky chords when the electric guitar starts up ... you got em amigo!

[@robertburke2570]

You are inspiring me to to put the callouses on my fingertips again with all these great lessons. Another of my all time favorite songs. Very good. Thanks Dave

[@kevcassidy5980]

Brilliant. You just made my day a little bit better

[@sheldonkorpett1708]

Love the lesson. Thanks Dave

[@rickycompton2610]

Great Lesson Dave this is a great classic tune glad you are teaching it.

[@dbrew2u]

This song just gained you another Sub . Very well done . Thank You .

[@Lilliputian63]

VERY nicely done Dave. Gonna save this to my songs-to-learn list. Thanks!

[@BrianMoore-z8g]

aside from noodling I haven't worked on anything on the guitar in a long time... this video inspired me to learn this song in it's entirety... great job as always.... love those changes on this song... really appreciate you getting not only the chords right but in many cases the voicings you choose really make the arrangement

[@bernardl.7480]

So nice Dave's.Just can't thank you enough for all your awesome teachings.Bless you man!

[@Gregdsilva915]

Loved the digging

[@angelocarbone6433]

Awesome lesson Dave. I've been playing guitar for 50 years but still nothing beats simple clear explanation like this.

[@stevewhite3753]

Love your channel great tunes!

[@stevewhite3753]

I dig it !!!!

[@ethanoo]

awesome man just found this song couple days ago too aha

[@injuredtabletennisplayer1474]

Inspired me to learn this song. Such cool chord shapes.

[@Will-ip3rc]

I really admire your strumming tone - so smooth.

[@MrGlucopro]

Dave, I dig it!

[@frankkolton1780]

Since there are two guitars, a piano, and a bass (not counting the solo breaks) there are many different variations of chord voicings that will work. I like the forms Dave is using, I do add in the piano arpeggios for the intro using block chords on the 5th and 7th frets, I also use a Bm7 as the second chord in the verse once the singing part starts to match the bass.

[@tmo7734]

Very nice, Dave. Thanks so much.

[@CaptnCrampon]

Thanks!

[@DavesGuitarChannel]

Thank you

[@babyblue1153]

thats awesome

[@chefduane3742]

As a non-musician I'd like to ask a question... When songwriters (such as Al Stewart writing this) do they just starting writing what they think sounds good then diagram it later or do they actually diagram it first? Or maybe play a phrase then diagram it, then play another phrase then diagram it, and so on? Always wondered this about the process. Thanks for any reply!

[@DavesGuitarChannel]

I would imagine he had the chords and the melody but everyone's process differs. So who knows.

[@plippleplop]

Fantastic lesson

[@sphere51]

Hahaha ... you're good, you're good... thanks, D!

[@jesseserna8424]

To many cords for me on this tune 😮 but thanks for the lesson on Children of the Sea I practice that often 🙌🏼🎸

[@abrahamgottfried2791]

I can't guess how you heard those "slash" chords beneath the electric guitar solo...great ear....thanks

[@pedroruiz5451]

Excelent job

[@robertsuszek2327]

Thank you

[@aunch3]

Thanks

[@markjamesgoddard2247]

We’ll work out butt👌🎸👏🙌

[@boomerbassmeme]

😸Meow?

[@Playsinvain]

Gosh,I’m probably six months away from tackling this

[@ijayski]

Dave you got the chorus words wrong at the 4 min mark and it’s confusing.

[@franciscopaulodasilva5740]

It will be better at first you only play completely the song.

[@DavesGuitarChannel]

That's great, thanks for your input, but if i do that then it's a performance and could be taken down. I'll just do it my way thanks.

[@franciscopaulodasilva5740]

And about the piano solo, the introduction of the song? Could you please show us?