The Lioness chords by Frank Turner

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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They said that times
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were hard for honest men
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But she didn't give a damn
because she wasn't one of them
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I don't mean to imply that
she ever told a lie
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But she was raised in the harem and
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told to keep quiet

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Verse 2

She isn't going to hide her

face anymore

She isn't going to know her

place anymore

Verse 3
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Married off   young and set
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aside
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Huda always burned bright,
she wasn't one to hide
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She taught herself languages and poetry
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She taught herself to speak
so she could set herself free
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Look  on her works, ye mighty men
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She opened up the harem,
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they can't close it up again
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She stepped off a ledge
and let herself fall free
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She stepped off the train
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and into history

Verse 4

She isn't going to hide her

face anymore

She isn't going to know her

place anymore

Verse 5

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She isn't going to hide her

face anymore

She isn't going to know her place anymore

Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Huda Sha'arawi was the Lioness' name
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A heart well fed, eyes aflame
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A face uncovered showing
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what she overcame
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Huda is the Lioness,
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she won't be tamed

Verse 7

She isn't going to hide her

face anymore

She isn't going to know her

place anymore

Verse 8
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She isn't going to hide her face anymore
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She isn't going to know her
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place anymore
(She isn't going to hide
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her face)
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Everyone should know her name
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(She isn't going to know her place)
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The Lioness will not be tamed
(She isn't going to hide her
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face)
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Everyone should know her name
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(She isn't going to know her place)
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The Lioness will not be tamed