Lions Dire Straits
Intro:
The 1st 4 double notes are soft but they are there.
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[Bbdim5]
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(1) [Bm7]Red sun, [D] go-in' down, [A] way o-ver [G9] dir-ty town.[Bm7]
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[Bm7]Star-lings, they're [D]sweep-in' a-round them [A] cra-zy shoals[E9].[Bm7]
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[Bm7]Yes, and a girl [D] is there,[A] high heel-in' out a-[G9]cross the square.[Bm7]
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[Bm7]Wind it blows a - [D]round in her hair [A] and the flags up-on the [E9]poles.[Em9]
[Em9]Wait-in' in the crowd to cross at the light, she looks a-round
[G]to find a face[F#m7] she can l[Bm7]ike. [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7] Uh huh.[C9)]
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[Bm7](2) Church bell [D] cling-in' on, [A] just a try-in' to get a crowd
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to get a crowd [G9] for eve'n song.
[Bm7] No-bod-y cares to de-[D]pend up-on [A] the chime it [E9]plays.
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[Bm7] They're all in the sta-tion [D] pray-in' for trains.
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[A] The con-gra-ga-tion [G9] late a-gain.
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[Bm7] It's get-tin' dark-er [D] all the time these [A] flag-pole d[E9]ays.
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[Em9] Drunk old sol-dier, he give her a fright.
[Em9] He's a cra-zy lii-on, he's a [G]howl-in'[F#m7] for a [Bm7]fight. Come on.
(fight) (fight)
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[C9]
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(3)[Bm7]Strap hang-in', [D]gun-shot## sound,[A] doors slam-ing on the [G9]ov-er-ground.
[Bm7] The star-lings are [D]tough,## but the [A]lions are made of [E9]stone.
[Bm7]Her even-ing pap-er is [D] hor-ror torn,##
[D]but there's [A] hope for lat-er,[G9] Cap-ri-corn.
[Bm7] Luck-y stars give her j[D]ust e-nough##[A] to get her [E9]home.
[Em9]Then she'll read a-bout a swing to the right,
[Em9]But she's a-think-in' 'bout a [G]strang-er[F#m7] in the [Bm7]night.
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I'm think-in' 'bout the lions.
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[G] Think-in' 'bout the l[A]i-ons.
[G] What hap-pened to the [Asus4]lions to-[Bm7]night?[F#m7]
(night)
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[Bm7]To-night, [F#m7] to-[Bm7]night, [F#m7] uh [Bm7]huh[F#m7]
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[A]
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