Little Lion Man chords by Mumford & Sons

Chords with lyrics

NOTE: Marcus appears to play w/ capo on 5 in live
and their official video. He may use different fingerings for the chords however)


Intro:  (Listen for rhythm and strumming pattern)

C majorC    x4

(To emulate banjo play  A minorAm  Am-add6   A minorAm  C majorC  the last two times)

Verse 1:
A minorAm
Weep for yourself, my man,
                C majorC
you’ll never be what is in your heart.
A minorAm
Weep little lion man,
                    C majorC
you’re not as brave as you were at the start.
G+G
Rate yourself and rape yourself,
C majorC
take all the courage you have left.
G+G
Wasted on fixing all the
C majorC
problems that you made in your own head.

Chorus: (Sustain C majorC chord)

     C majorC
But it was not your fault but mine,
     C majorC
and it was your heart on the line.
     C majorC
I really fucked it up this time,
       G+G
didn’t I, my dear?
         A minorAm
Didn’t I, my dear?


C majorC   x2


Verse 2:
A minorAm
Tremble for yourself my man,
                    C majorC
you know that you have seen this all before.
A minorAm
Tremble little lion man,
                C majorC
you’ll never settle any of your scores.
G+G
Your grace is wasted in your face,
   C majorC
your boldness stands alone among the wreck.
G+G
Learn from your mother or else
C majorC
spend your days biting your own neck.

Chorus:
     C majorC
But it was not your fault but mine,
     C majorC
and it was your heart on the line.
     C majorC
I really fucked it up this time,
       G+G
didn’t I, my dear?
     C majorC
But it was not your fault but mine,
     C majorC
and it was your heart on the line.
     C majorC
I really fucked it up this time,
       G+G
didn’t I, my dear?
         A minorAm
Didn’t I, my dear?

C majorC  x2


Bridge:

FF    x8

(Sing "aaah"s times 3-8)


Chorus:
     C majorC
But it was not your fault but mine,
     C majorC
and it was your heart on the line.
     C majorC
I really fucked it up this time,
       G+G
didn’t I, my dear?
     A minorAm (Mute)
But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn’t I, my dear?
         C majorC
Didn’t I, my dear?

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