Joanna Newsom - Monkey bear

they ^Amwoke from a ^Fstable-boy's^Am cry he said; s^Amomeone ^Gcome ^Fquick! the ^Ahorses got l^Goose, got g^Drass-sick! they'll ^Amfounder! ^Ffain, they'll ^Amdie

^Cmwhat is ^Cnow known ^Cadd9by the ^Esorrel ^Esus4and the ^Eroan? Esus4 E Esus4 Eadd9 E ^Eby the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey?

it is: ^Amstay by the g^Gate you are ^Dgiven and ^Cremain in your^G place, for your ^Fseason and had the o^Amverfed ^Gdead but ^Clistened to that ^Fhigh-fence, ^Ghorse-sense, ^Awisdom...

^Am"did you h^Gear th^Fat, Bear?&q^Duot; said monkey we'll g^Get out ^Dof here, fair and ^D/Asquare they've l^Ameft the ^Fgate open^Am wide!

^Amso; my b^Dride ^Amhere is my hand, where ^Dis your paw? ^Amtry and understand my p^Dlan, Ursala ^Ammy heart is a f^Durnace ^Amfull of love that's just, and ^Dearnest now; y^Amou know that we must u^Dnlearn this ^Amallegiance to a life of ^Dservice and no l^Amonger answer to that h^Deartless hay-m^Amonger, nor be his ac^Dcomplice (that ^Amcharlatan, with artless h^Dustling!) but; U^Amrsala, we've got to eat so^Dmething and ^Amearn our keep, while ^Dstill within Am D the borders of the land that man has girded (all ^Amdouble-bolted and ^Dtightfisted!) ^Amuntil we reach the ^Dopen country ^Ama-steeped in milk and ^Dhoney

^Amsooner or l^Cater, you'll ^Fbare your t^Ameeth but for ^Amnow, just dance, ^Ddarling ^Amc'mon, will you dance, my d^Earling? ^Amdarling, there's a ^Cplace for us can we ^Fgo, before I ^Dturn to dust? ^Amoh my d^Carling, there's a ^Fplace for ^Amus ^Amoh d^Darling Am E c'mon will you dance, my darling? oh, th^Ame hills are groaning^C with excess like a^F table ceaselessly b^Deing set ^Amoh my dar^Cling, we will ^Fget there ^Amyet

^Amthey trooped p^Gast the g^Fuards, A G D (F, G) past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards all^Am night, till f^Final^Amly:

the ^Amspace they ^Ggained ^Fgrew A G D (F, G) much farther than the stone that bear threw to ^Ammark where they'd ^Fstop for t^Amea

but^Cm walk a ^Clittle fas^Cadd9ter and ^Edon't ^Esus4look b^Eack^Esus4wards E Esus4 E Eadd9 E yo^Eadd9ur feast is to the East, which lies a little past the ^Epasture

when the b^Amlackbirds hear tea w^Ghistling, they ^Frise and clap and their a^Cpplause caws the ^Gkettle b^Flack and we ^Amcan't have ^Gnone of t^Chat!

move ^Amalong, Bear; th^Gere, there; ^Dthat�s that (though^Am cast in ^Gplast^Fer A G D (F, G) our Ursala's heart beat faster than ^Ammonkey's e^Fver w^Amill)

^Ambut s^Dtill; Am D they have got to pay the bills ^Amhadn't ^Dthey? ^Amthat is what the ^Dmonkey'd say

^Amso, with the c^Dourage of a c^Amlown, or a cur or a ^Dkite, jerking tight at its t^Amether in her^D dun-brown gown of^Am fur and her jerkin of^D swan's down and le^Amather

Bear would ^Dsway on her hind l^Amegs; the organ would grind dre^Dgs of song, for the pl^Ameasure of the ^Dchildren, who'd shriek throwi^Amng coins at her feet then re^Dcoiling in t^Amerror

sing, dance, ^Ddarling ^Amc'mon, will you dance, m^Ey darling? ^Amoh darling, there's a ^Cplace for us can we ^Fgo, before I ^Dturn to dust? ^Amoh my ^Cdarling, there&#^F65533;s a p^Amlace for us

^Amoh d^Darling Am E c'mon, will you dance, my darling? you keep your^Am eyes fixed on the highest ^Chill where you'll ^Fever-after e^Dat your fill ^Amoh my ^Cdarling, ^Fdear, mi^Dne if you d^Amance dance, ^Cdarling, and i ^Flove you s^Amtill

^Amdeep 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

(^Amsooner or l^Cater, you'll ^Fbare your te^Ameth...)