Intro: Am C G Am Verse: Am C G Am Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things Am C Am She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook Am C G Am The fact that they'd been blindly deceived by those who preach and pray and teach Am C Am But she falls short and the night explodes with laughter Am C G Am Don’t you come here and say I didn’t warn you Am C Am G#out the way your world can alter Am C G Am And oh, how you try to command it all, still Am C Am Every single time it all shifts one way or another Chorus: F C G Am And I’m a goddamn coward, but then again so are you F C G Am And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar F C G Am As we evaded and hollering for you F C G Am And I never really knew, what to do Instrumental: Am C G Am Verse: Am C G Am Now I guess sometimes I wish you were a little more predictable Am C Am That I could read you just like a book Am C G Am For now I can only guess what’s coming next Am C G By examining your timid smile Am C G Am And the ways that the old, old wind, blowin’ you back around Chorus: F C G Am And I’m a goddamn fool, but then again so are you F C G Am And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar F C G Am Has me singing out and searching for you F C G Am And I never really knew, what to do Instrumental: Am C G Am Am C G Am Bridge: D7 F Am Sometimes I wish I could find my rose mary hill D7 F Am I sit there and look at the deserted lakes and I’d sing F C G Am And every once in a while I’d sing a song for you F C G Am That would rise above the mountains and the stars and the sea F Am And if I wanted it to, it would lead you back to me Chorus -strum once-: F C G Am And the lion’s roar, the lion’s roar F C G Am Is something that I have heard before F C G Am a children’s tale, the lonesome wail Am C G Am of a liiiiion’s roar Outro: Am C G Am Am C G Am
