Chords for The Felice Brothers: "Lion"
Tempo:
71.325 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
I was once a lion, a monster in Orion, [B] at last [D] a human was caked.
Now [A] I'm handled with [D] a chance.
I hear the children holler, a serpent for a collar.
I will get no rest in [A] this haunted [G] wilderness.
And the [D] crowd comes and goes,
[G] to a [D] land no one knows.
Critics write canon, but bankers bring the famine.
And there will always be a little [A] crown for you and [D] me.
Hear the serpent holler, a child for a dollar.
I will get no rest in [A] this mirrored [G] wilderness.
And the crowd comes [D] and goes,
[G] to a land no [D] one knows.
[G] [E] Like the shifts [D] of the [A] wind,
[G] like the dust [D] in the [A] meadow.
[D] Call [E] him [N]
Narcissus, I know his secrets.
He is such a [Gm] fool, he drowned his love in a swimming [A] pool.
Hear the traitor [F#]
[D] holler, a serpent for a collar.
[A] He hates [D] it when I roar, and when [A] he's drunk he hates it [G] more.
And the crowd [D] comes and goes, [G] [D] to a [G] land [D] no one knows.
[G] [E] Like the shifts [D] of the wind, [G] like the dust [D] in the meadow.
[A] Sand!
[D] [G]
[B] [D]
[G]
I was once a lion, a monster in Orion, [B] at last [D] a human was caked.
Now [A] I'm handled with [D] a chance.
I hear the children holler, a serpent for a collar.
I will get no rest in [A] this haunted [G] wilderness.
And the [D] crowd comes and goes,
[G] to a [D] land no one knows.
Critics write canon, but bankers bring the famine.
And there will always be a little [A] crown for you and [D] me.
Hear the serpent holler, a child for a dollar.
I will get no rest in [A] this mirrored [G] wilderness.
And the crowd comes [D] and goes,
[G] to a land no [D] one knows.
[G] [E] Like the shifts [D] of the [A] wind,
[G] like the dust [D] in the [A] meadow.
[D] Call [E] him [N]
Narcissus, I know his secrets.
He is such a [Gm] fool, he drowned his love in a swimming [A] pool.
Hear the traitor [F#]
[D] holler, a serpent for a collar.
[A] He hates [D] it when I roar, and when [A] he's drunk he hates it [G] more.
And the crowd [D] comes and goes, [G] [D] to a [G] land [D] no one knows.
[G] [E] Like the shifts [D] of the wind, [G] like the dust [D] in the meadow.
[A] Sand!
[D] [G]
[B] [D]
[G]
Key:
D
G
A
E
B
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I was once a lion, a monster in Orion, [B] at last [D] a human was caked.
Now [A] I'm handled with [D] a chance.
I hear the children holler, a serpent for a collar.
I will get no rest in [A] this haunted [G] wilderness.
And the [D] crowd comes and goes, _
_ [G] to a [D] land no one knows. _
_ Critics write canon, but bankers bring the famine.
And there will always be a little [A] crown for you and [D] me.
Hear the serpent holler, a child for a dollar.
I will get no rest in [A] this mirrored [G] wilderness.
And the crowd comes [D] and goes, _
[G] _ to a land no [D] one knows. _ _
[G] _ [E] Like the shifts [D] of the [A] wind, _
[G] _ like the dust [D] in the [A] meadow.
[D] Call _ _ _ _ [E] him [N]
Narcissus, I know his secrets.
He is such a [Gm] fool, he drowned his love in a swimming [A] pool.
Hear the traitor [F#]
[D] holler, a serpent for a collar.
[A] He hates [D] it when I roar, and when [A] he's drunk he hates it [G] more.
And the crowd [D] comes and goes, _ _ [G] _ [D] to a [G] land [D] no one knows.
_ _ [G] _ [E] Like the shifts [D] of the wind, _ _ [G] _ like the dust [D] in the meadow.
[A] Sand!
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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I was once a lion, a monster in Orion, [B] at last [D] a human was caked.
Now [A] I'm handled with [D] a chance.
I hear the children holler, a serpent for a collar.
I will get no rest in [A] this haunted [G] wilderness.
And the [D] crowd comes and goes, _
_ [G] to a [D] land no one knows. _
_ Critics write canon, but bankers bring the famine.
And there will always be a little [A] crown for you and [D] me.
Hear the serpent holler, a child for a dollar.
I will get no rest in [A] this mirrored [G] wilderness.
And the crowd comes [D] and goes, _
[G] _ to a land no [D] one knows. _ _
[G] _ [E] Like the shifts [D] of the [A] wind, _
[G] _ like the dust [D] in the [A] meadow.
[D] Call _ _ _ _ [E] him [N]
Narcissus, I know his secrets.
He is such a [Gm] fool, he drowned his love in a swimming [A] pool.
Hear the traitor [F#]
[D] holler, a serpent for a collar.
[A] He hates [D] it when I roar, and when [A] he's drunk he hates it [G] more.
And the crowd [D] comes and goes, _ _ [G] _ [D] to a [G] land [D] no one knows.
_ _ [G] _ [E] Like the shifts [D] of the wind, _ _ [G] _ like the dust [D] in the meadow.
[A] Sand!
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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