Chords for How to Play Lion Sleeps Tonight - Bill Joel version (cover) - Easy 3 Chord Tune

[E] Hey [Eb] guys, Barty Marty [Db] here, Easy Guitar Tunes.
[G] I've got another real fun party [Ab] tune.
This has been [Em] requested a bunch of times [G] by a bunch of my buddies there, so I hope you guys [Bb] enjoy this one.
[E] I longed [Bb] this after the Billy Joel version, but there's been so many [Ab] versions of this song.
[G] It's just a, you know, it's a real [Em] fun tune to [E] play.
And when you're playing [F] it single with an [Bb] acoustic guitar, [Ab] sometimes people don't expect it.
So you're going to have to kind of bear with me with the vocals.
I try to get as high [G] as I can.
It does make for the song if you can get up there a little bit, so.
[Bb] Anyway, it's called When the Lion [Em] Sleeps Tonight, [G] and I kind of modeled this [E] after the Billy Joel version, so.
[Bb] I do have a slap strum to this, so I'll get into that for you, but the [E] way I play it, it's pretty simple.
It's just three chords.
It starts in D.
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_ _ And [G] then G.
That's a four-finger G.
You can play a three-finger if you like.
If you need help [Ab] with the chords, definitely click on my chord help there, and it'll let you know what a four [G]-finger G and a three-finger G is.
_ _ _ And then there's an [A] A.
_ _ _ The progression [D] actually goes D, _ _ [G] G, _ _ [D] D, _ _ [A] A. _
_ _ [E] So again, [D] D, _ _ _ [G] G, _ _ and back [D] to your D, _ _ and [A] then A. _ _ _ _
Now I do a light [E] slap strum with it just to kind of keep it going.
[G] _ _ It's just kind of like this. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] You can click on the slap strum link to give you a better explanation, but really all I'm doing _ is muting the strings with the count of the fat of my finger on every second down-strum. _
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_ And I'll slow that all down, so it kind of goes like this.
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And I find the slap strum just kind of gives it a bit of a drumpy.
[D] _ _ _ It kind of [A] adds to it a little bit, but it's definitely optional.
You [D] don't have to do it at first.
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You just practice the strum, the chord [D] progression, and then add the slap strum when you feel [A] comfortable. _ _
_ And then join us for the song.
When the Lion Sleeps Tonight, modeled after [E] Billy Joel.
I've got a guitar playing rather than a piano, so here we go.
This is [G] a real fun tune to play.
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[D] In the jungle, [G] the mighty jungle, the lion [D] sleeps [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
In the jungle, the [G] mighty jungle, the [A] lion sleeps _ tonight.
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, smile darling, don't [G] fear my darling, the [D] lion sleeps _ [A] tonight. _
_ _ Oh, smile [G] darling, don't fear my darling, the [D] lion sleeps [A] tonight. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Lion [Em] sleeps tonight.
You could run that [Bb] song.
I've ran [E] that song for 15 minutes at parties before.
_ People love to dance and sing to that song.
So [Bbm] I hope you guys enjoyed that one.
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