Van Morrison – The Lion This Time (Guitar)

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G* ---3--3----3--3--- (G bass note on low E string) [Intro] C F C C F C C F C G G* [Verse]
    C         G     Am
The lion this time again

     G             Am   G
He's in the circus in a cage

Am                              G
He's trying to break out of the frame

G             C   F C G G*
The lion this time
[Verse]
   C          G        Am
He hears that same old sad refrain

         G              Am      G
But they can't hold him with no chain

Am                               G
And they just can't denounce his claim

G         C   F C G C C7
The lion again
[Bridge]
C7       F
And he's trying to get free

   F7                               Esus4 Em
He knows that something's bothering me

Em                        Dsus4 D G
That I'm not too blind to see

    G7    C   C7
The lion again

C7                         F
Oh, the love that's in his soul

   F7                    Esus4 Em
Is trying to get out you know

Em                        Dsus4 D
If only you could hear it roar

G                   C   F C G G*
The lion again this time
[Verse]
     C              G       Am
They couldn't take away his throne

   G                  Am     G
He knows that he must stand alone

   Am                       G
If need be, have a heart of stone

G         C   F C G G*
The lion again
[Verse]
    C         G     Am
The lion this time again

     G             Am   G
He's in the circus in a cage

Am                       G
No wonder that he's in a rage

G         C   F C G G*
The lion again
[Break] C G Am Am G F G G Am G F G C F C G G* G Am G G Am G G C C7 [Bridge]
C7       F
And he's trying to get free

F                 F7                    Em
And he knows that something's bothering me

Em                           Dsus4 D
Oh, but I'm not too blind to see

G             C   C7
The lion this time

C7                        F
The longing that's in his soul

F                F7      Em
Is trying to get out you know

Em                     Dsus4 D
Only you could hear it roar

G                 C   F C G G*
For the lion this time
[Verse]
     C              G       Am
They couldn't take away his throne

   G                  Am     G
He knows that he must stand alone

Am                         G
If need be have a heart of stone

G         C   F C G G*
The lion again
[Verse]
    C     Em        Am
The lion again this time

     G             Am   G
He's in the circus in a cage

Am                       G
No wonder that he's in a rage

    G         C   F C G G*
The lion this time
[Verse]
    C         G     Am
The lion this time again

     G             Am   G
He's in the circus in a cage

G                   Am      G
No wonder that he's not the same

    G     C
The lion again
[Outro]
F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time

F   C    G    C
The lion this time