Monkey & Bear by Joanna Newsom ............................... - Chords interpreted by CM - - Transposed down 2 half-steps - ...............................

^CmDown i^Dbn the green hay Wh^Cere^G monke^Fy and bear usually lay Th^Cmey w^Aboke fr^Cmom a stable-boy's cry

He^Cm said;^Db someone come quick! Th^Ce h^Gorses^F got loose, got grass-sick! Th^Cmey'll ^Abflound^Cmer, feign, they'll die

^FmWhat is ^Gnow known by the sorrel and the roan? By^Dm the chest^Gnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey? It^Cm is: st^Gay by^F the gate you are given An^Cmd remai^Gn in you^Abr place, for your season And h^Ebad the o^Bbverfed^Eb dead but listened To^Cm that hi^Ggh-fe^Fnce, horse-sense, wisdom...

^CmDid yo^Dbu hear that, Bear? Sa^Cid ^GMonkey^F, We'll get out of here, fair and square Th^Cmey l^Abeft th^Cme gate open wide

^CmSo, ^Fmy bride ^CmHere is ^Fmy hand, where is your paw? ^CmTry and ^Funderstand my plan, Ursala ^CmMy hea^Frt is a furnace ^CmFull of ^Flove that's just, and earnest ^CmNow; you k^Fnow that we must unlearn this ^CmAllegian^Fce to a life of service ^CmAnd no lon^Fger answer to that heartless ^CmHay-mong^Fer, nor be his accomplice ^Cm(that char^Flatan, with artless hustling!) ^CmBut; Ursal^Fa, we've got to eat something ^CmAnd earn o^Fur keep, while still within ^CmThe borders o^Ff the land that man has girded (a^Cmll doubl^Fe-bolted and tight-fisted!) ^CmUntil we^F reach the open country ^CmA-steepe^Fd in milk and honey ^CmWill you k^Feep your fancy clothes on, for me? ^CmCan you be^Far a little longer to wear that leash? ^CmMy love, ^FI swear by the air I breathe: ^AbSooner o^Cmr later, you'll bare your teeth

^CmBut for ^Fnow, just dance, darling ^CmC'mon, wil^Gl you dance, my darling? ^CmDarling, ^Ebthere's a place for us Ca^Abn we go, ^Fmbefore I turn to dust? ^CmOh m^Eby darling, The^Abre's a ^Cmplace 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

^CmThey tro^Dboped past the guards, ^CPast th^Ge coo^Fps, and the fields, and the farmyards ^CmAll ni^Abght,^Cm till finally:

The space they gained grew Much farther than the stone that bear threw To mark where they'd stop for tea

But^Fm walk a li^Gttle faster and don't look backwards Yo^Dmur feast i^Gs to the East, which lies a little past the pasture Whe^Cmn the bl^Gackbi^Frds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap And ^Cmtheir app^Glause^Ab caws the kettle black ^EbAnd we w^Bbon't h^Ebave none of that! ^CmMove along, Be^Gar; t^Fhere, there; that's that

^CmThough^Db cast in plaster ^CmOur Ur^Gsal^Fa's heart beat faster ^CmThan m^Abonke^Cmy's ever will

Bu^Ft still; ^CmThey h^Fave got to pay the bills ^CmHadn^F't they? ^CmThat i^Fs what the monkey'd say ^CmSo, wi^Fth the courage of a clown, or a cur ^CmOr a k^Fite, jerking tight at its tether ^CmIn her^F dung-brown gown of fur ^CmAnd her ^Fjerkin' 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

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 chord in first and second inversions. So, you could just play different inversions of Cm Cm Cm Bb 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!

^CmSooner o^Abr la^Cmter you'll bury your teeth

Joanna Newsom - Monkey bear