[Intro]

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[Verse]

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Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things
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She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook
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The fact that they'd been blindly deceived by those who preach and pray and teach
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But she falls short and the night explodes with laughter

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Don’t you come here and say I didn’t warn you
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About the way your world can alter
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And oh, how you try to command it all, still
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Every single time it all shifts one way or another


[Chorus]

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And I’m a goddamn coward, but then again so are you
         C       G       D        Em
And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar
       C         G     D        Em
As we evaded and hollering for you
       C      G     D              Em
And I never really knew, what to do


[Instrumental]

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[Verse]

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Now I guess sometimes I wish you were a little more predictable
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That I could read you just like a book
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For now I can only guess what’s coming next
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By examining your    timid    smile
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And the ways that the old, old wind, blowin’ you back around


[Chorus]

          C        G              D           Em
And I’m a goddamn fool, but then again so are you
         C       G         D     Em
And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar
        C               G     D       Em
Has me singing out and searching for you
       C     G      D                Em
And I never really knew, what to do


[Instrumental]

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[Bridge]

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Sometimes I wish I could find my rose mary hill
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I sit there and look at the deserted lakes and I’d sing
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And every once in a while I’d sing a song for you
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That would rise above the mountains and the stars and the sea
          C                                        Em
And if I wanted it to, it would lead you back to me


[Chorus]

(STRUM ONLY ONCE ALL)

        C      G         D       Em
And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar
    C             G       D       Em
Is something that I have heard before
   C          G         D       Em
a children’s tale, the lonesome wail
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of a liiiiion’s roar


[Outro]

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