Lirik dan Chord Lagu Lions - Dire Straits

Lagu yang direkam di studio Basing Street (Notting Hill, London) ini merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama mereka yang bertajuk Dire Straits.

Saat debut perilisannya, album yang diproduseri oleh Muff Winwood ini berhasil menduduki posisi kedua di US Billboard 200.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Lions” dari Dire Straits:

Capo 2

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

[Verse 1]
Am7        C                 G              F7
Red 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                            F7
Church 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                           F7
They'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.
Dm9
Drunk 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                                  F7
Strap 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                      F7
Her 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 Em7
But 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 G
Tonight, tonight, uh huh

[Outro]
G
Thinking about the lions