Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: D#mD#m
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chorus: Danny:
DmDm C majorC
I am a lion and I want to be free
Bb majorBb C majorC
Do you see a lion when you look inside of me?
DmDm C majorC
Outside the window just to watch you as you sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC
'Cause I am a lion born from things you cannot be
DmDm C majorC
How can I sleep at night? There's a war inside my head
Bb majorBb C majorC
I found a lion hidden right beneath my bed
DmDm C majorC
I will not hide myself from the tears that you have shed
Bb majorBb A minorAm
'Cause I am a lion and you are dead
Verse 1: Johnny 3 Tears:
DmDm
Here's a story of everything we'll ever be
C majorC
You can hide but some of us can never leave
Bb majorBb
And if you go I don't need those little things
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
They remind me of all our little dreams
DmDm
Can you hear the words all I can say?
C majorC
We can watch the world even if they walk away
Bb majorBb
Forget about tomorrow, tomorrow is today
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
You were born a lion and a lion you will stay
Chorus: Danny:
DmDm C majorC
I am a lion and I want to be free!
Bb majorBb C majorC
Do you see a lion when you look inside of me?
DmDm C majorC
Outside the window just to watch you as you sleep!
Bb majorBb C majorC
'Cause I am a lion born from things you cannot be!
Verse 2: Johnny 3 Tears:
DmDm
Remember an army of all those little kids?
C majorC
Living life like they only get a little bit
Bb majorBb
It's hard to fight when you're born in the middle
A minorAm
And I'd rather die, won't watch you giving in
DmDm
I'm sorry, daughter, but your father's not the same
C majorC
I can look into your eyes and I'll swear that I will change
Bb majorBb
But tomorrow is tomorrow so forgive me if I stay
A minorAm
You can hide beneath the covers while I hide behind the pain
DmDm
After all, only so much we can say
C majorC
Words can lose their meaning once we walk away
Bb majorBb
Promise me that you'll love me, watch me as I fade
A minorAm
I'll give you all the things that these liars never gave
DmDm
The hands on the clock and the things we cannot change
C majorC
Tear it all to pieces and take back what I made
Bb majorBb
If there's one thing I'd keep, it's you that I would save
A minorAm
'Cause I am just a lion and a lion I will stay
Chorus: Danny:
DmDm C majorC
I am a lion and I want to be free
Bb majorBb C majorC
Do you see a lion when you look inside of me?
DmDm C majorC
Outside the window just to watch you as you sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC
'Cause I am a lion born from things you cannot be
Bridge: Johnny 3 Tears:
DmDm
Hey! I never meant to let go!
C majorC
All I want and you're all I ever wanna know!
Bb majorBb
Can't hide in the attic of a pretty home!
C majorC
Of a pretty home!
Of a pretty home, hey!
DmDm
I never meant to let go!
C majorC
All I want and you're all I ever wanna know!
Bb majorBb
Can't hide in the attic of a pretty home!
C majorC
Of a pretty home!
Of a pretty home, hey!
Chorus: Danny:
DmDm C majorC
I am a lion and I want to be free
Bb majorBb C majorC
Do you see a lion when you look inside of me?
DmDm C majorC
Outside the window just to watch you as you sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC
'Cause I am a lion born from things you cannot be