Intro:
D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb  D9/Bb (x3) 
D9  D9/G  D9/F# 

Verse 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,       I won't weep and moan 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
Got no time for cooling heels,       I've got to roam 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb               D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,           I'm gonna roll these bones 
            D9/Bb             D9     D9/G  D9/F#    D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
Gonna leave behind the heartache  that I’ve known 

      D9  D9/G  D9/F#    D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb 
The only love I've known has slipped away 
      D9  D9/G  D9/F#       D9/Bb   D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
The only love I’ve known has gone away 

Verse 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb            D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,        I’m gonna stake my claim 
        D9/Bb       D9        D9/G    D9/F#   D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
Run a thousand miles beyond     this house    of pain 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb             D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,             I got my kin to save 
            D9/Bb               D9     D9/G  D9/F#    D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
And I'll be damned to see them suffer one more day 


[Refrão]

      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 
D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb  D9/Bb (x3) 
D9  D9/G  D9/F# 

Verse 
         D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb            D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,        I heard a nightmare scream 
        D9/Bb    D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
Cut above the din of every future dream 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb               D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,            well, you'd best believe 
        D9/Bb          D9     D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
I am haunted by the visions that     I've seen 


[Refrão]

      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 
D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb  D9/Bb (x3) 
D9  D9/G  D9/F# 

Verse 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,          into an ocean grave 
        D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
Threw his ashes to the wind          then walked away 
        D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb            D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger,           I got no time to waste 
        D9/Bb           D9     D9/G  D9/F#  D9/Bb        D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
A resolution to keep fighting and remain 


[Refrão]
 
      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 
         D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger 
         D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger 
         D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger 
         D9/Bb       D9  D9/G  D9/F# 
In the year of the tiger