Wondering Where The Lions Are

Wondering Where the Lions Are, by Bruce Cockburn.

>From the album Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, True North TN37.

Transcription from "Bruce Cockburn: All the Diamonds", published by OFC

Publications, P.O. Box 4061, Station E, Ottawa, Ontario,

Canada K1S 5B1

Drop D Tuning (tune bass string down from E to D. )

Capo 2nd fret if you want to play along with Bruce.

The trick here is to finger the bass notes with your thumb.

 

E|--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------5--------|

B|--------7-----------7-----|--------7-----5--7-p5-----|

G|-----7-----7-----7-----7--|-----7-----7-----------7--|

D|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

A|--------------------------|--------------------------|

D|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|

 

E|--0--------------0--------|--0--------------0--------|

B|--------0--------0--------|--------0--------0--------|

G|-----7-----7-----------7--|-----7-----7-----------0--|

D|--------7-----------7-----|--------7-----------7-----|

A|--------------------------|--------------------------|

D|--5-----------5-----------|--5-----------5-----------|

 

E|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|

B|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|

G|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|

D|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

A|--------------------------|--------------------------|

D|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|

 

E|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|

B|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|

G|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|

D|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|

A|--------------------------|--------------------------|

D|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|

Putting it together:

Verse 1:

Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay

The world survives into another day

And I'm thinking 'bout eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

Had another dream about lions at the door

They weren't half as fright'ning as they were before

But I'm thinking 'bout eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

Verse 2:

Walls windows trees, waves coming through

You be in me and I'll be in you

Together in eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

Up among the firs where it smells so sweet

Or down in the valley where the river used to be

I got my mind on eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

And I'm wondering where the lions are

I'm wondering where the lions are

I'm wondering where the lions are

I'm wondering where the lions are

I'm wondering where the lions are, m-hm

wondering where the lions are aah aah

Verse 3:

Huge orange flying boat rises off a lake

Thousand year old petroglyphs doing a double take

Pointing a finger at eternity

I'm sitting in the middle of this ecstasy

Young men marching, helmets shining in the sun

Polished and precise like the brain behind the gun (should be!)

They got me thinking 'bout eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

Verse 4:

Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay

One of these days they're gonna sail away

Gonna sail into eternity

Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me

Chorus, repeat, and fade.