Dire Straits – Lions chords

[Intro]
| Am7 | C | G | F7 |
| Am7 | Am7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9   |

[Verse 1]
Am7     C           G        F7Red sun, goin' down, way over dirty town.
Am7                  C                   G         D7  Starlings, they're sweepin' around them crazy shoals.
Am7             C           G                   F7  Yes, and  a girl is there, high  heelin' out across the square.
Am7              C                 G                       D7  Wind it blows around in her hair  and the flags upon the poles.
Dm9                                         Dm9 Waitin' in the crowd to cross at the light, she looks around
   F        E7        | Am7 | Em7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9   |to find a face she can like.      Uh huh.

[Verse 2]
Am7        C                     G                   F7Church bell clingin' on, just a tryin' to get a crowd for eve'n song.
Am7                C        G             D7 Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays.
Am7                        C                  G                F7They're all in the station prayin' for trains. The congragation late again.
Am7                 C                   G        D7 It's gettin' darker all the time these flagpole days.
Dm9Drunk old soldier, he give her a fright.
       Dm9                 F      E7    | Am7 | Em7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9   |He's a crazy liion, he's a howlin' for a fight.    Uh huh.

[Guitar solo]
| Am7 | C | G | F7 | x2
| Am7 | Am7 | Am7 | Em7 Bb9  |

[Verse 3]
Am7           C              G                    F7Strap hangin', gunshot sound, doors slaming on the overground.
Am7                     C         G                  D7 The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone.
Am7                 C                         G              F7Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope for later, Capricorn.
Am7                   C          G           D7 Lucky stars give her just enough to get her home.
Dm9 Then she'll read about a swing to the right,
Dm9                          F      E7      Am7  Em7But she's athinkin' 'bout a stranger in the night.

[Chorus]
F                        G  I'm thinkin' 'bout the lions.
F                      G   Thinkin'  'bout the lions.
F                      Gsus4   Am7  Em7  What happened to the lions tonight?
                                 (night)
  Am7  Em7 Am7  Em7 Am7 GTonight,  tonight, uh huh

[Outro]
G   Thinking about the lions