Wondering Where The Lions Are
Bruce Cockburn (1979)


    Fingerpicking in 4/4

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4 |-------M-----------M----|
4 |----I-----I-----I-----I-|
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    1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Intro
| [D]   | [D]   | [G6]   | [G6]   |
| [D]   | [D]   | [G6]   | [G6]   |

| [D] Sun's up, uh huh, | looks okay
The | [G6] world survives into a- | nother day
And I'm | [D] thinking 'bout eternity | [D] ...
Some kinda | [G6] ecstasy got a | hold on me |
| [D]   | [D]   | [G6]   | [G6] |

| [D] Had another dream about | lions at the door
They | [G6] weren't half as fright'ning as they | were before
But I'm | [D] thinking 'bout eternity | [D] ...
Some kinda | [G6] ecstasy got a | hold on me |
| [D] | [D] | [G6] | [G6] |

| [D] Walls windows trees, | waves coming through
| [G6] You be in me and | I'll be in you
To- | [D] gether in eternity   | [D] ...
Some kinda | [G6] ecstasy got a | hold on |
| [D] me | [D]   | [G6] | [G6] |

| [D] Up among the firs where it | smells so sweet
Or | [G6] down in the valley where the | river used to be
I got my | [D] mind on eternity   | [D] ...
Some kinda | [G6] ecstasy got a | hold on me

Chorus
And I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
| [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)      
| [Em7] ohh oh oh oh ohhh | ... oh oh oh | [Dsus2] ohh   | [Dsus2]      

| [D] Huge orange flying boat | rises off a lake
| [G6] Thousand year old petroglyphs | doing a double take
Pointing a | [D] finger at eternity   | [D] ...
I'm | [G6] sitting in the middle of this | ecstasy   |
| [D] | [D] | [G6] | [G6] |
  
| [D] Young men marching, helmets | shining in the sun
| [G6] Polished and precise like the | brain behind the gun
| [D] should be! ... They got me | thinking 'bout eternity
Some kinda | [G6] ecstasy got a | hold on |
| [D] me | [D] | [G6] | [G6]

Chorus
And I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
| [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)      
| [Em7] ohh oh oh oh ohhh | ... oh oh oh | [Dsus2] ohh   | [Dsus2]      

| [D] Freighters on the nod on the | surface of the bay
| [G6] One of these days they're gonna | sail away
| [D] Gonna sail into e- | ternity
| [G6] Some kinda ecstasy got a | hold on |
| [D] me | [D] | [G6] | [G6]

Chorus
Repeat and Fade
And I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
I'm | [Em7] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)
| [Dsus2] wondering where the lions are, | (wondering where the lions are)      

#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.

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#Last Updated 9/11/20 JJ
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