[Intro]:Bm7 D/F# A Dm6 x2
Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 F#7#9
[Verse 1]:Bm7 D A G7
Red sun going down, way over dirty town
Bm7 D A E9
Starlings they're sweeping around, crazy shoals
Bm7 D A G7
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
Em7 Em9 Em7 Em9
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
Em7 Em9 Gdim F#7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 C9
She looks around to find a face she can like
[Verse 2]:Bm7 D A G7
Church bell clinging on distant, trying to get a crowd for Evensong
Bm7 D A E9
Nobody cares to depend upon the chimes it plays
Bm7 D
They're all in the station praying for trains
A G7
Congregation's late again
Bm7 D A E9
It's getting darker all the time, these flagpole days
Em7 Em9 Em7 Em9
Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright
Em7 Em9 Gdim F#7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 C9
He's a crazy lion, he's a-howling for a fight
[Guitar solo]:Bm7 D/F# A Dm6 x2
Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 F#7#9
[Verse 3]:Bm7 D
Strap hanging, gunshots sound
A G7
Doors slamming on the Overground
Bm7 D A E9
Starlings are tough but the lions are made of stone
Bm7 D
Her evening paper is horror torn
A G7
But there's hope for later, Capricorn
Bm7 D A E9
Her lucky stars give her just enough to get her home
Em7 Em9 Em7 Em9
Then she'll read about a swing to the right
Em7 Em9 Gdim F#7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
But she's been thinking about a stranger in the night
[Chorus]: F#m7 Bm7
I'm thinking about the lions
F#m7 Bm7
Thinking about the lions
F#m7 Bm7
What happened to the lions
F#m7 Bm7
Toniiiiiiight,
F#m7 Bm7
toniiiiiiight,
F#m7 Bm7
toniiiiiiight
[Outro]:A
Thinking about the lions
A
Thinking about the lions