Intro:
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Verse
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In the year of the tiger, I won't weep and moan
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Got no time for cooling heels, I've got to roam
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In the year of the tiger, I'm gonna roll these bones
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Gonna leave behind the heartache that I’ve known
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The only love I've known has slipped away
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The only love I’ve known has gone away
Verse
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In the year of the tiger, I’m gonna stake my claim
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Run a thousand miles beyond this house of pain
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In the year of the tiger, I got my kin to save
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And I'll be damned to see them suffer one more day
B D/G
On a cold, cruel July
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We didn't know just when the pale horse would arrive
A9
But love alone keeps us alive
N.C.
When we fear we can't go on at all
Instrumental
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Verse
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In the year of the tiger, I heard a nightmare scream
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Cut above the din of every future dream
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In the year of the tiger, well, you'd best believe
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I am haunted by the visions that I've seen
B D/G
On a cold, cruel July
A/D G#/D D9/G
We didn't know just when the pale horse would arrive
A9
But love alone keeps us alive
N.C.
When we fear we can't go on at all
Instrumental
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Verse
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In the year of the tiger, into an ocean grave
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Threw his ashes to the wind then walked away
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In the year of the tiger, I got no time to waste
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A resolution to keep fighting and remain
B D/G
On a cold, cruel July
A/D G#/D D9/G
We didn't know just when the pale horse would arrive
A9
But love alone keeps us alive
N.C.
When we fear we can't go on at all
Outro
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In the year of the tiger
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In the year of the tiger
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In the year of the tiger
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In the year of the tiger