C/G 
(hammer-on g string)
No lyrics 

[Verse 1]

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There are those among us willing
       Am 
To get by on anything
        G 
Hollow hope of what is coming
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A lifetime dangled by a string

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But this ocean dives so deeply
         Am 
And this river runs so wide
            G
I won't be counted one among them
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Until my soul is satisfied

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Brick and brick of buried hunger
        Am 
Keeping all desire dark
     G 
And then we are like lions
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We are tearing it apart

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There are those among us lying
       Am 
Saying nothing is for free
     G 
And then we are like lions
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And we will not leave until we eat

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Playing kings and playing peasants
      Am 
Do we get what we are owed
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An eagle comes and talks of failure
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A rabbit offers up its throat

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Will they buy even our breathing
        Am 
A river strangled by a dam
           G 
Less than one percent are taken
           C/G 
So tell me who dries up this land

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Is it worse to see no future
      Am 
Is it worse to be afraid
    G 
And then we are like lions
        C/G 
Pumping fire in our veins

       C/G 
We are born with a perfect hunger
       G
We are born with a perfect need
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And then we are like lions
          C/G 
And we are bearing all our teeth

[Interlude] 

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[Verse 2]

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It is coming down the mountain
          Am  
Fear that hoards you like a cold
             G 
It wants to settle in your footprints
          C/G 
Keep you still from where you're going

C/G 
Aw, you think you know of losing
        Am 
Aw, you doubt of innocence
         G 
That big sky still hangs above you
       C/G 
Every day just wants to quit

           C/G 
There's no light you see to guide you
        G 
And it scares you just the same
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And then we are like lions
        C/G 
Nothing dares get in our way
 
         C/G 
See your faithless sails drifting
         G 
And your truth just cut apart
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And then we are like lions
       C/G 
We are golden in our hearts

C/G 
And then we are like lions
G
We are standing on two feet
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Hanging on the kitchen wall
F
For everyone to see
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Get out your banjo
          F 
So we can sing

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There are winds that wrap and hold me
          Am 
There are whispers in the trees
         G 
I cannot hold all that is sacred
         C/G 
They are holding onto me

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Kiss the years that all are dying
         Am 
Kiss the face that makes you stay
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They are in your rhythms walking
         C/G 
They are showing you the way

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Breath and breath above a sickness
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Shouting threats upon your life
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And then we are like lions
       C/G 
We are fool enough to fight
        
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It will cheat you in the balance
       G 
Taking more than left to live
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And then we are like lions
        C/G 
We are strong enough to give

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And then we are like lions
       C/G 
We are strong enough to give