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Lions Teeth

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Eminor

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Tuning: standard
Em  G  C  Em
Em  G  D  C B
EmThe king of the Gjungle
CWas asleep in his Emcar
EmWhen your chances fall in Gyour lap like that
You've Dgotta recognize them for Cwhat they really Bare
EmNobody in Gthis house
CWants to own up to the Emtruth
EmI crawl in shotgun and Greach into his mouth
DAnd grab hold of one Clong sharp Btooth
And hold EmonA  Em  
For dear Blife
I hold EmonA  Em  B  
EmWell of course he Gwakes up
CHis paw hits the Emhorn
EmI am gonna reGgret
DThe Cday that I was Bborn
And then Emmom rushes out to the Gdriveway
CMy sister Emtoo
EmEveryone's Gscreaming
I Dam Cdreaming of Byou
I hold EmonA  Em  
For dear Blife
I hold EmonA  Em  B  
CAnd my arms get Emsore
CAnd my palms start to Emsweat
CAnd the tears roll Emdown my face
CTill my cheeks are hot and Bred and soaking wet
EmIn come the Gcops
CThey blowtorch the Emdoors
EmI start Gwailing
DThe lion CroarsB  
EmThere's no good way to Gend this
CAnyone can Emsee
EmThere's this great big Gyou
DAnd little old CmeB  
And we hold EmonA  Em  
For dear Blife
We hold EmonA  Em  
We hold Bon
   Em     A     Em    B(2x)
end on Em

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Lions Teeth

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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Tuning: standard

Em G C Em

Em G D C B

Em G

The king of the jungle

C Em

Was asleep in his car

Em G

When your chances fall in your lap like that

D C B

You've gotta recognize them for what they really are

Em G

Nobody in this house

C Em

Wants to own up to the truth

Em G

I crawl in shotgun and reach into his mouth

D C B

And grab hold of one long sharp tooth

Em A Em

And hold on

For dear life

Em A Em B

I hold on

Em G

Well of course he wakes up

C Em

His paw hits the horn

Em G

I am gonna regret

D C B

The day that I was born

Em G

And then mom rushes out to the driveway

C Em

My sister too

Em G

Everyone's screaming

D C B

I am dreaming of you

Em A Em

I hold on

For dear life

Em A Em B

I hold on

C Em

And my arms get sore

C Em

And my palms start to sweat

C Em

And the tears roll down my face

C B

Till my cheeks are hot and red and soaking wet

Em G

In come the cops

C Em

They blowtorch the doors

Em G

I start wailing

D C B

The lion roars

Em G

There's no good way to end this

C Em

Anyone can see

Em G

There's this great big you

D C B

And little old me

Em A Em

And we hold on

For dear life

Em A Em

We hold on

Em A Em B

(2x)

end on Em

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