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) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
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)   Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  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...)