• A
  • Bm7
  • C9
  • D
  • E9
  • Em9
  • F#
  • F#m7
  • G
  • G9
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Key:
Intro: Bm7 D A G Bm7 D A G Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 F# C9 (Stop)
Bm7 D A G9 Red sun, go down way over dirty town
Bm7 D A E9 Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals
Bm7 D A G9 Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the square
Bm7 D A E9 The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the poles
Em9 Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 She looks around to find a face she can like.
Bm7 D A G9 Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, Evensong
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Bm7 D A E9 Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it plays
Bm7 D A G9 They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late again
Bm7 D A E9 It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days
Em9 Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 He's crazy lion howling for a fight.
Bm7 D A G9 Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground
Bm7 D A E9 The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone
Bm7 D A G9 Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope later for, capricorns
Bm7 D A E9 Her lucky stars give her just enough, ... to get her home
Em9 Then she's reading about a swing to the right
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 But she's thinking about a stranger in the night
G A G A I'm thinking about the lions, I'm thinking about the lions
G A Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 A fade out What happened to the lions, tonight (tonight) (tonight)
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Composition: Mark Knopfler

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