Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Enjoy strumming your heart out to the plight of Joe Exotic and his Tiger friends!
Intro:
|G+G 
C majorC | 
E minorEm |
|G+G D MajorD |G+G |
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Tell all the hunters to lay down their guns
G+G D MajorD G+G
Tell ‘em that the Tiger needs a little bit of love
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Let ‘em roam the jungle, let ‘em roam their lands
G+G D MajorD G+G
And stand back and marvel, what a beautiful cat
Chorus:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
‘Cause I saw a Tiger and now I understand
G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger and a Tiger saw a man
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
I can give them a home, safe and warm
G+G D MajorD G+G
But the law wants to ban me, can you tell who’s wrong?
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Every time they move, every time they breathe
G+G D MajorD G+G
Oh I can feel the power, I can feel the heat
Chorus:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
‘Cause I saw a Tiger and now I understand
G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger and a Tiger saw a man
Solo:
|G+G C majorC | E minorEm |
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Well I saw a Tiger and now I understand
|G+G C majorC | E minorEm |
G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger and the Tiger saw a man
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
You see time is a tickin', they’ll soon be gone
G+G D MajorD G+G
You better take a picture, what a sad sad song
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Call it Armageddon, such a painful loss
G+G D MajorD G+G
When they killed all the Tigers in the holocaust
Chorus:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
‘Cause I saw a Tiger and now I understand
E minorEm G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger, and the Tiger saw a man
Outro:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Oh, I saw a Tiger and now I understand
G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger and the Tiger saw a man
G+G C majorC E minorEm
I saw a Tiger and the Tiger saw a man
G+G D MajorD G+G
Ohh, I saw a tiger, do you understand?
G+G D MajorD G+G
I saw a Tiger and the Tiger saw a man
G+G C majorC G+G
