• Song:

    Lions

  • Artist:

    Dire Straits

  • Album:

    On the Road to Philadel...

Intro:  B5  D5  A5  G5   B5  D5  A5  G5   B5  B5  B5  F#5 C5 (Stop) 

B5     D5        A5         G5 
Red sun, go down way over dirty town 
B5             D5             A5       E5 
Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals 
B5         D5                   A5                          G5 
Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the square 
B5                 D5                          A5              E5 
The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the poles 
E5 
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light 
                     G5     F#5          B5   F#5   B5   F#5   C5 
She looks around to find a face she can like. 
B5          D5           A5                        G5 
Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, Evensong 
B5                D5        A5              E5 
Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it plays 
B5                        D5                   A5                   G5 
They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late again 
B5                 D5             A5                E5 
It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days 
E5 
Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright 
                 G5      F#5   B5   F#5   B5   F#5   C5 
He's crazy lion howling for a fight. 
B5           D5               A5                    G5 
Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground 
B5                D5              A5                 E5 
The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone 
B5                   D5          A5                               G5 
Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope later for, capricorns 
B5                       D5           A5              E5 
Her lucky stars give her just enough, ... to get her home 
E5 
Then she's reading about a swing to the right 
                              G5     F#5   B5   F#5   B5   F#5   C5 
But she's thinking about a stranger in the night 
G5                       A5    G5                        A5 
I'm thinking about the lions, I'm thinking about the lions 
G5                     A5       B5   F#5    B5   F#5    B5   F#5    B5 A5   fade out 
What happened to the lions, tonight       (tonight)    (tonight)
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