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Song title:       Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
Original Album:   - Single (Prefab Sprout)
Other Album:      The Collection

Words and Music by Paddy McAloon
Copyright © 1982 EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
McAloon's song was the Prefabs' self-released debut single. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
C#m x46654
D9  x5455x

[play: | C#m | D9 |]  [x2]


VERSE1:
Notes:
E6/9 is E6add9. I use U.S. notation for convenience and space-saving.
A6/(#4) is A6add(#4). I'm unsure whether it is strictly a chord but it sounds
cool, so it might be... 

Chords:
A    x02220    A6/(#4)  x02242    C#m7 x46654
E    022100    C#7sus4  4444xx    D9   x5455x
E6/9 2x212x    B        x24442

A        E                 E6/9
Hey, I'm sorry if I go too fast
A6/(#4) E                            E6/9
Tonight let's pretend that this will last
B                          C#m7    D9        C#7sus4
I've got a dream you would like to sleep on, too


VERSE2:
Chords:
A    x02220    A6/(#4)  x02242    C#m7 x46654
E    022100    C#7sus4  4444xx    D9   x5455x
E6/9 2x212x    B        x24442

A       E                     E6/9
Oh, I'm sorry to dwell on the past
A6/(#4)  E                     E6/9
     I'd better say nothing at all
    B                               C#m7    D9        C#7sus4
But I've got this friend who thinks he's in love with you


CHORUS:
Chords:
A  x02220    Badd9  x4x442
E  4xxx00    C#m9   x4x440

       A              E               Badd9
And it doesn't sum it up  to say he's singin' the blues
       A               E           Badd9
And whoever learned to walk in somebody else's shoes
     A           E                C#m9              
He's screaming because he's found something to lose


BRIDGE:
Chords:
A    x02220    Amaj7 x02120    D9      x5455x
G#m7 4x440x    B6    xx4444    C#7sus4 4444xx
B    x24442    B     xx4447
F#m  466444    C#m   x46654

A         G#m7                 B          F#m
So you're living in Eden where apples are good
A   G#m7                 B              F#m
But every narrow miracle takes place on earth
A            G#m7                      B              F#m
Yeah, the militia have arrived and the percussion has come

        Amaj7        B6       B         | C#m | D9 |
And I'm pounding out messages loud on the drum
    Amaj7        B6           B         | C#m | D9 |
The rumours have started that we are both young

Amaj7           B6      B      | C#m | D9 | 
Lions in my own garden: exit someone

B                               C#m       D9     C#7sus4
That's what I'll shout when you just stay out of reach


[repeat CHORUS]  [x2]


CODA:
Chords:
Amaj7 x02120    C#m  x46654
B6    xx4444    D9   x5455x
B     xx4447

        Amaj7        B6       B         | C#m | D9 |
And I'm pounding out messages loud on the drum

    Amaj7        B6           B         | C#m | D9 |
The rumours have started that we are both young

Amaj7           B6      B        C#m
Lions in my own garden: exit someone

[end on strummed C#m]