Monkey & Bear by Joanna Newsom ............................... - Chords interpreted by CM - - Transposed down 2 half-steps - ............................... Cm (x3101x@1)DbDown (x43121@1)in the green hay CG FWhere (133211@1)monkey and bear usually lay CmAb CmThey (x3101x@1)woke from a stable-boy's cry Cm (x3101x@1)DbHe (x43121@1)said; someone come quick! CG FThe (133211@1)horses got loose, got grass-sick! Cm (x3101x@1) Ab (xx1114@1)Cm (x3101x@1)They'll flounder, feign, they'll die Fm (133111@1) GWhat (320003@1)is now known by the sorrel and the roan? Dm (xx0231@1) GBy (320003@1)the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey? Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)FIt (133211@1)is: stay by the gate you are given Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) AbAnd (xx1114@1)remain in your place, for your season Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)EbAnd (x43121@3)had the overfed dead but listened Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)FTo (133211@1)that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom... Cm (x3101x@1)DbDid (x43121@1)you hear that, Bear? CG FSaid (133211@1)Monkey, We'll get out of here, fair and square CmAb CmThey (x3101x@1)left the gate open wide CmF So, my bride Cm (x3101x@1) FHere (133211@1)is my hand, where is your paw? Cm (x3101x@1) FTry (133211@1)and understand my plan, Ursala Cm (x3101x@1)FMy (133211@1)heart is a furnace Cm (x3101x@1) FFull (133211@1)of love that's just, and earnest Cm (x3101x@1) FNow; (133211@1)you know that we must unlearn this Cm (x3101x@1) FAllegiance (133211@1)to a life of service Cm (x3101x@1) FAnd (133211@1)no longer answer to that heartless Cm (x3101x@1) FHay-monger, (133211@1)nor be his accomplice Cm (x3101x@1) F(that (133211@1)charlatan, with artless hustling!) Cm (x3101x@1) FBut; (133211@1)Ursala, we've got to eat something Cm (x3101x@1) FAnd (133211@1)earn our keep, while still within Cm (x3101x@1) FThe (133211@1)borders of the land that man has girded Cm (x3101x@1) F(all (133211@1)double-bolted and tight-fisted!) Cm (x3101x@1) FUntil (133211@1)we reach the open country Cm (x3101x@1) FA-steeped (133211@1)in milk and honey Cm (x3101x@1) FWill (133211@1)you keep your fancy clothes on, for me? Cm (x3101x@1) FCan (133211@1)you bear a little longer to wear that leash? Cm (x3101x@1) FMy (133211@1)love, I swear by the air I breathe: Ab (xx1114@1) CmSooner (x3101x@1)or later, you'll bare your teeth Cm (x3101x@1) FBut (133211@1)for now, just dance, darling Cm (x3101x@1) GC'mon, (320003@1)will you dance, my darling? Cm (x3101x@1) EbDarling, (x43121@3)there's a place for us Ab (xx1114@1) FmCan (133111@1)we go, before I turn to dust? CmEb Oh my darling, Ab (xx1114@1) CmThere's (x3101x@1)a place for us Oh darling C'mon will you dance, my darling? Oh, the hills are groaning with excess Like a table ceaselessly being set Oh my darling, we will get there yet Cm (x3101x@1) DbThey (x43121@1)trooped past the guards, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)FPast (133211@1)the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards Cm (x3101x@1)AbCm All night, till finally: The space they gained grew Much farther than the stone that bear threw To mark where they'd stop for tea Fm (133111@1) GBut (320003@1)walk a little faster and don't look backwards Dm (xx0231@1) GYour (320003@1)feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)FWhen (133211@1)the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)AbAnd (xx1114@1)their applause caws the kettle black Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)we won't have none of that! Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1)FMove (133211@1)along, Bear; there, there; that's that Cm (x3101x@1)DbThough (x43121@1)cast in plaster Cm (x3101x@1)GF Our Ursala's heart beat faster Cm (x3101x@1)AbCm Than monkey's ever will FBut (133211@1)still; Cm (x3101x@1)FThey (133211@1)have got to pay the bills CmF Hadn't they? Cm (x3101x@1)FThat (133211@1)is what the monkey'd say Cm (x3101x@1)FSo, (133211@1)with the courage of a clown, or a cur Cm (x3101x@1)FOr (133211@1)a kite, jerking tight at its tether Cm (x3101x@1)FIn (133211@1)her dung-brown gown of fur Cm (x3101x@1) FAnd (133211@1)her jerkin' of swansdown and leather Bear would sway on her hind legs; The organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, who'd shriek Throwing coins at her feet Then recoiling in terror Cm (x3101x@1) FBut (133211@1)for now, just dance, darling Cm (x3101x@1) GC'mon, (320003@1)will you dance, my darling? Cm (x3101x@1) EbDarling, (x43121@3)there's a place for us Ab (xx1114@1) FmCan (133111@1)we go, before I turn to dust? CmEb Oh my darling, Ab (xx1114@1) CmThere's (x3101x@1)a place for us Oh darling C'mon, will you dance, my darling? You keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill Where you'll ever-after eat your fill Oh my darling, dear, mine If you dance Dance, darling, and I love you still ***(The rest of this sounds like it's just dancing around the C (x32010@1)chord in first and second inversions. So, you could just play different inversions of CmCm CmBb repeatedly at this part - or you could play this suggestion below)*** Cm/C Bb/C Gm/C Bb/C Deep in the night shone a weak and miserly light Fm/C Cm/C Ab/C Eb/C Where the monkey shouldered his lamp Someone had told him the bear had been wandering A fair piece away from where they were camped Someone had told him the bear'd been sneaking away To the seaside caverns, to bathe And the thought troubled the monkey For he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves Also afraid what the village people would say If they saw the bear in that state; Lolling and splashing obscenely Well, it seemed irrational, really; washing that face Washing that matted and flea-bit pelt In some sea-spit-shine, old kelp dripping with brine But monkey just laughed, and he muttered; When she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride Till I jump up, saying: you've been rolling in muck! Saying: you smell of garbage and grime! But far out, far out, by now, by now Far out, by now, Bear ploughed 'Cause she would not drown: First the outside-legs of the bear Up and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters Then the outside-arms of the bear Fell off, as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes Low'red in a genteel curtsy Bear shed the mantle of her diluvian shoulders; And, with a sigh, She allowed the burden of belly to drop like an apron full of boulders If you could hold up her threadbare Coat to the light where it's worn translucent in places You'd see spots where almost every night of the year Bear had been mending suspending that baseness Now her coat drags through the water Bagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless minnows; In the magnetic embrace Balletic and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow; Left there! Left there! When Bear left Bear. Left there! Left there! When Bear stepped clear of Bear! Cm (x3101x@1) AbCm Sooner or later you'll bury your teeth