{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2719998,"song":"Lions","artist":"Dire Straits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11528930-lions-chords-by-dire-straits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2719998?type=chord","rating":4.6769,"votes":42,"content":"Transposed -2 (easier to play because there are less barre chords). Use a \r\ncapo 2nd fret to match the key of the Dire Straits' recording.\r\n\r\nFor chords in original key transpose +2.\r\n\r\n[tab]Bb9  x-1-0-1-1-x or x-1-3-1-1-1\r\nDm9  x-x-0-2-1-0 or x-5-3-5-5-x[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]F7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Bb9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nRed sun, goin' down, way over dirty town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n  Starlings, they're sweepin' around them crazy shoals.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F7[/ch]\r\n  Yes, and  a girl is there, high  heelin' out across the square.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n  Wind it blows around in her hair  and the flags upon the poles.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]                                         [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\n Waitin' in the crowd to cross at the light, she looks around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fdim[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]        | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Bb9[/ch]   |\r\nto find a face she can like.      Uh huh.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nChurch bell clingin' on, just a tryin' to get a crowd for eve'n song.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nThey're all in the station prayin' for trains. The congragation late again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n It's gettin' darker all the time these flagpole days.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nDrunk old soldier, he give her a fright.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm9[/ch]                 [ch]Fdim[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Bb9[/ch]   |\r\nHe's a crazy liion, he's a howlin' for a fight.    Uh huh.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Guitar solo]\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]F7[/ch] | x2\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Bb9[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nStrap hangin', gunshot sound, doors slaming on the overground.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nHer evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope for later, Capricorn.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Lucky stars give her just enough to get her home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\n Then she'll read about a swing to the right,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]                          [ch]Fdim[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut she's athinkin' 'bout a stranger in the night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I'm thinkin' 'bout the lions.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Thinkin'  'bout the lions.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Gsus4[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  What happened to the lions tonight?[/tab]\r\n                                 (night)\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight,  tonight, uh huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Thinking about the lions[/tab]","plain_text":"Transposed -2 (easier to play because there are less barre chords). Use a \ncapo 2nd fret to match the key of the Dire Straits' recording.\n\nFor chords in original key transpose +2.\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n| Am7 | C | G | F7 |\n| Am7 | Am7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9   |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar solo]\n| Am7 | C | G | F7 | x2\n| Am7 | Am7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9  |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n                                 (night)\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Bb9","Am7","C","G","F7","Em7","D7","Dm9","Fdim","E7","F","Gsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}