Intro: E5 G5 D5 E5 Verso 1: E5 G5 D5 E5 Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things E5 G5 E5 She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook E5 G5 D5 E5 The fact that they'd been blindly to see by those who preach and pray and teach E5 G5 E5 But she falls short and the night explodes with laughter E5 G5 D5 E5 Don?t you come here and say I didn?t warn you E5 G5 E5 About the way your world can alter E5 G5 D5 E5 And oh, how you try to command it all, still E5 G5 E5 Every single time it all shifts one way or another C5 G5 D5 E5 And I?m a goddamn coward, but then again so are you C5 G5 D5 E5 And the lion?s roar, the lion?s roar C5 G5 D5 E5 As we evaded and hollering for you C5 G5 D5 E5 And I never really knew, what to do ( E5 G5 D5 E5 ) Verso 2: E5 G5 D5 E5 Now I guess sometimes I wish you were a little more predictable E5 G5 E5 That I could read you just like a book E5 G5 D5 E5 For now I can only guess what?s coming next E5 G5 E5 By examining your timid smile E5 G5 D5 E5 And the ways that the old, old wind, blowin? you back around C5 G5 D5 E5 And I?m a goddamn fool, but then again so are you C5 G5 D5 E5 And the lion?s roar, the lion?s roar C5 G5 D5 E5 Has me singing out and searching for you C5 G5 D5 E5 And I never really knew, what to do ( E5 G5 D5 E5 ) ( E5 G5 D5 E5 ) Ponte: E5 D5 C5 E5 Sometimes I wish I could find my rose mary hill E5 D5 C5 E5 I sit there and look at the deserted lakes and I?d sing C5 G5 D5 E5 And every once in a while I?d sing a song for you C5 G5 D5 E5 That would rise above the mountains and the stars and the sea C5 E5 And if I wanted it to, it would lead you back to me Refr?o: C5 G5 D5 E5 And the lion?s roar, the lion?s roar C5 G5 D5 E5 Is something that I have heard before C5 G5 D5 E5 a children?s tale, the lonesome wail E5 G5 D5 E5 of a liiiiion?s roar ( E5 G5 D5 E5 ) ( E5 G5 D5 E5 )