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"Lions"
(Mark Knopfler)
Dire Straits
Dire Straits, 1978
CHORDS:
Bm - [2 2 4 4 3 2] Em7 - [0 2 2 0 3 0] C7 - [x 3 2 3 1 0]
D - [x 0 0 2 3 2] Gm6 - [x x 2 3 3 3] G - [3 2 0 0 0 3]
A - [0 0 2 2 2 0] F#7 - [x x 2 3 2 2]
G7 - [3 2 0 0 0 1] F#m7 - [2 4 2 2 2 2]
Bm D A G7
Red sun go down way over dirty town
Bm D A G7 Bm
Starling are sweeping around crazy shoals
D
A girl is there
A G7
High heeling across the square
Bm D A G7
Wind is blowing around in her hair and the flags upon the poles
Em7
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
Gm6 F#7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 C7
She looks around to find a face she can like
Bm D A G7 Church bell clinging on just to try to get a crowd for Evensong Bm D A G7 Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays Bm D They're all in the station praying for trains A G7 Congregation late again Bm D A G7 It's getting darker all the time these flagpole days Em7 Drunk old soldier gives her a fright Gm6 F#7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 C7 He's a crazy lion howling for a fight Bm D Strap hanging gunshot sound A G7 Doors slamming on the overground Bm D A G7 Starling are tough but the lions are made of stone Bm D Her evening paper is horror torn A G7 But there's hope later for Capricorns Bm D A G7 Her lucky gives her just enough to get her home Em7 The she's reading about a swing to the right Gm6 F#7 Bm F#m7 G But she's thinking about a stranger in the night A G I'm thinking about the lions tonight A G Thinking about the lions tonight A G What happened to the lions Bm A To the lions Bm A To the lions Bm A To the lions Bm A To the lions A Thinking about the lions REPEAT AND FADE... _________________________________________________________________
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