MONKEY & BEAR - JOANNA NEWSOM This one takes a bit of practise. If the chords don't sound quite right, have a listen to the individual notes that Joanna The Cm section is technically correct, it's just a little difficult to explain. Don't the Cm as a barre chord, play it like this : x310xx so that the Eb (or the '1') moves up an E when you play the C chord. That entire chord section is used to illustrate that which is awkward to transcribe to guitar. It works though, just give it a bit of work. CAPO 5 (Am G (320003@1) Fdown (133211@1)in the green hay A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D) where monkey and bear usually lay Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amthey (x02210@1)woke from a stable-boy's cry Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Fhe (133211@1)said; someone come quick! A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Dthe (xx0232@1)horses got loose, got grass-sick! Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amthey'll (x02210@1)founder! fain, they'll die Cm (x3101x@1) C (x32010@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1)E (022100@1) Esus4 (022200@1) Ewhat (022100@1)is now known by the sorrel and the roan? Esus4 (022200@1) E (022100@1) Esus4 (022200@1) Eadd9 (024100@1) EE by the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey? Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Dit (xx0232@1)is: stay by the gate you are given C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fand (133211@1)remain in your place, for your season Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)had the overfed dead but listened F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Ato (x02220@1)that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom... Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) D"did (xx0232@1)you hear that, Bear?" said monkey G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D/Awe'll (x00232@1)get out of here, fair and square Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amthey've (x02210@1)left the gate open wide! Amso; (x02210@1) Dmy (xx0232@1)bride Am (x02210@1) Dhere (xx0232@1)is my hand, where is your paw? Am (x02210@1) Dtry (xx0232@1)and understand my plan, Ursala Am (x02210@1) Dmy (xx0232@1)heart is a furnace Am (x02210@1) Dfull (xx0232@1)of love that's just, and earnest Am (x02210@1) Dnow; (xx0232@1)you know that we must unlearn this Am (x02210@1) Dallegiance (xx0232@1)to a life of service Am (x02210@1) Dand (xx0232@1)no longer answer to that heartless Am (x02210@1) Dhay-monger, (xx0232@1)nor be his accomplice Am (x02210@1) D(that (xx0232@1)charlatan, with artless hustling!) Am (x02210@1) Dbut; (xx0232@1)Ursala, we've got to eat something Am (x02210@1) Dand (xx0232@1)earn our keep, while still within Am (x02210@1) Dthe (xx0232@1)borders of the land that man has girded Am (x02210@1) D(all (xx0232@1)double-bolted and tightfisted!) Am (x02210@1) Duntil (xx0232@1)we reach the open country Am (x02210@1) Da-steeped (xx0232@1)in milk and honey Am (x02210@1) Dwill (xx0232@1)you keep your fancy clothes on, for me? Am (x02210@1) Dcan (xx0232@1)you bear a little longer to wear that leash? Am (x02210@1) Dmy (xx0232@1)love, I swear by the air I breathe: Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Amsooner (x02210@1)or later, you'll bare your teeth Am (x02210@1) Dbut (xx0232@1)for now, just dance, darling Am (x02210@1) Ec'mon, (022100@1)will you dance, my darling? Am (x02210@1) Cdarling, (x32010@1)there's a place for us F (133211@1) Dcan (xx0232@1)we go, before I turn to dust? Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Amoh (x02210@1)my darling, there's a place for us Am D oh darling Am (x02210@1) Ec'mon (022100@1)will you dance, my darling? Am (x02210@1) Coh, (x32010@1)the hills are groaning with excess F (133211@1) Dlike (xx0232@1)a table ceaselessly being set Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Amoh (x02210@1)my darling, we will get there yet Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Fthey (133211@1)trooped past the guards, A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D(F, (xx0232@1)G) past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amall (x02210@1)night, till finally: Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Fthe (133211@1)space they gained grew A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)(F, G) much farther than the stone that bear threw Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amto (x02210@1)mark where they'd stop for tea Cm (x3101x@1) C (x32010@1) Cadd9but (x32030@1)walk a little faster E (022100@1) Esus4E Esus4and (022200@1)don't look backwards E (022100@1) Esus4 (022200@1)E (022100@1) Eadd9 (024100@1)E (022100@1) Eadd9 your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the Epasture (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Fwhen (133211@1)the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fand (133211@1)their applause caws the kettle black Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)we can't have none of that! Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Dmove (xx0232@1)along, Bear; there, there; that�s that Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F(though (133211@1)cast in plaster A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D(F, (xx0232@1)G) our Ursala's heart beat faster Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Amthan (x02210@1)monkey's ever will) Am (x02210@1) Dbut (xx0232@1)still; Am (x02210@1) Dthey (xx0232@1)have got to pay the bills Am (x02210@1) Dhadn't (xx0232@1)they? Am (x02210@1) Dthat (xx0232@1)is what the monkey'd say Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Amso, (x02210@1)with the courage of a clown, or a cur D (xx0232@1) Amor (x02210@1)a kite, jerking tight at its tether D (xx0232@1) Amin (x02210@1)her dun-brown gown of fur D (xx0232@1) Amand (x02210@1)her jerkin of swan's down and leather D (xx0232@1) AmBear (x02210@1)would sway on her hind legs; D (xx0232@1) Amthe (x02210@1)organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure Dof (xx0232@1)the children, who'd shriek Amthrowing (x02210@1)coins at her feet D (xx0232@1) Amthen (x02210@1)recoiling in terror Dsing, (xx0232@1)dance, darling Am (x02210@1) Ec'mon, (022100@1)will you dance, my darling? Am (x02210@1) Coh (x32010@1)darling, there's a place for us F (133211@1) Dcan (xx0232@1)we go, before I turn to dust? Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Amoh (x02210@1)my darling, there�s a place for us Am D oh darling Am (x02210@1) Ec'mon, (022100@1)will you dance, my darling? Am (x02210@1) Cyou (x32010@1)keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill F (133211@1) Dwhere (xx0232@1)you'll ever-after eat your fill Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Doh (xx0232@1)my darling, dear, mine Amif (x02210@1)you dance C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Amdance, (x02210@1)darling, and i love you still Amdeep (x02210@1)in the night shone a weak and miserly light 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 'til 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 apronfull 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 Am, G, F, A, G, D (F, Am, F, G Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Am(sooner (x02210@1)or later, you'll bare your teeth...)