• Song:

    Lions Mouth

  • Artist:

    Young Rebel Set

Young Rebel Set  Lions Mouth

Intro:C#m E  A  C#m  - Lead guitar plays Theme

1.Strophe Part A: (only drums, bass and accoustic guitar)

C#m (x13321@4)                             EThey (022100@1)saddled me with bullets and they handed me a gun 
          A (x02220@1)                            C#m (x13321@4)and they said my boy you're going off to war.
            C#m (x13321@4)                 EI (022100@1)said goodbye to my lover as I walked out the door
              A (x02220@1)                           C#m (x13321@4)she said I'm too afraid I won't see you no more.

1.Strophe Part B (all):
      C#m (x13321@4)                               EI (022100@1)reassured her with a kiss, and like my aim I did not miss 
       A (x02220@1)                              C#mand (x13321@4)I hold that memory with me to this day.
            C#m (x13321@4)                           EI (022100@1)said I'm going across the sea to fight another one of me
        A (x02220@1)                              C#m (x13321@4)and I know not of the reason or or what for.

Ref.
      A (x02220@1)                      C#mSo (x13321@4)I jumped into the lion's mouth,
         A (x02220@1)                           C#m (x13321@4)just to see what life was really all about.
              A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)	
And if I'm returned to the flames and whatever still remains 
         A (x02220@1)                           C#moh (x13321@4)yeah you will see what I was all about.

2.Strophe
     C#m (x13321@4)                       EFor (022100@1)years went on by without a bullet in my side 
        A (x02220@1)                           C#m (x13321@4)and I thanked the Lord that I had survived.
        C#m (x13321@4)                                  EWhen (022100@1)I walked through that door I caught you naked on the floor
       A (x02220@1)                                   C#m (x13321@4)and a part of me that survived well it just died.

Ref.
      A (x02220@1)                    C#mSo (x13321@4)I put you in the lion's mouth, 
    A (x02220@1)                              C#m (x13321@4)so you could see what life was all about 
                A (x02220@1)                           Eand (022100@1)now you're returned to the flames and whatever ever still remains 
         A (x02220@1)                            C#moh (x13321@4)yeah now you'll see what I was all about.

Guitar Solo on ? Strophe 
C#m E  A  C#m

3.Strophe: Only Drums and Bass and Handklapp (2-1-2-1)
       C#m (x13321@4)                              E (022100@1)  
So I climbed up on the stairs above her body where she lay 
       A (x02220@1)                           C#mand (x13321@4)I tied that noose around my own neck. 
             C#m (x13321@4)                          EAnd (022100@1)I thank God for all my days and to forgive my wicked ways
         A (x02220@1)                             C#mand (x13321@4)let him without sin cast the first stone.

Break

C#m (x13321@4)                           EAnd (022100@1)with that said I jumped into my souls eternal bed 
       A (x02220@1)                          C#m (x13321@4)and I let my legs swing beneath my head. 
       C#m (x13321@4)                         ESo (022100@1)if you should ever question the reason or what for
          A (x02220@1)                             C#m (x13321@4)oh then clearly boy you've never been to war.

Ref.
      A (x02220@1)                     C#mSo (x13321@4)I jumped into the lion's mouth, 
         A (x02220@1)                           C#m (x13321@4)just to see what life was really all about. 
              A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)	
And when I returned in the flames and whatever still remains 
         A (x02220@1)                           C#moh (x13321@4)yeah you will see what I was all about.

A(break) (x02220@1)             C#mSo (x13321@4)I jumped into the lion's mouth,
         A (x02220@1)                           C#m (x13321@4)just to see what life was really all about. 
              A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)	
And when I returned in the flames and whatever still remains 
         A (x02220@1)                           C#moh (x13321@4)yeah you will see what I was all about.

End:
       A(break) (x02220@1)            C#mSo (x13321@4)I jumped into the lions mouth

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