[Intro] Em  G  D  Em

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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 to see 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

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

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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

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

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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
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And if i wanted it to, it would lead you back to me

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And the lion's roar, the lion's roar
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Is something that i have heard before
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A children's tale, the lonesome wail
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Of a liiiiion's roar

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