Intro:

F#m  E   D   Bm  A   Bm                
D   Em   D   Em   D   Em   D   Em

Vers 1:

   Bm
   I am on the rock
   And then I check a stock
   I have to run like a fugitive
   To save the life I live


Omkvæd:
                D           A       Bm
   I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
                D           A       Bm    F#m  E  D  Bm  A  Bm   
   I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm
   Iron Lion Zion     (Li-on!)


Vers 2:

   Bm
   I'm on the run but I ain't got no gun
   See they want to be the star
   So they fighting tribal war
   And they saying

Omkvæd 2:

   D           A       Bm
   Iron like a lion in Zion
   D           A       Bm    F#m  E  D  Bm  A  Bm
   Iron like a lion in Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm
   Iron Lion Zion     (Li-on!)


Solo (Som spilles på saxofon, men her er akkorderne alligevel:  
 
 D   Em   D   Em   D   Em   D   Em


Vers 3:  
  
   Bm
   I'm on the rock, (running and you running)
   I take a stock, (running like a fugitive)
   I had to run like a fugitive
   To save the life I live

Omkvæd 3:
 
                D           A       Bm
   I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
                D           A       Bm    F#m  E  D  Bm  A  Bm
   I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm
   Iron Lion Zion     (Li-on!)
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm 
   Iron Lion Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm
   Iron Lion Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm 
   Iron Lion Zion
   F#m  E    D    Bm   A   Bm
   Iron Lion Zion