Monkey & Bear
Monkey & Bear

Monkey & Bear easy guitar chords by Joanna Newsom

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  • Verse 1
    Down 
    in 
    the 
    green 
    hay 

    Where 
    mon
    key 
    and 
    bear 

    usu
    ally 
    lay 
    (lay) 

    They 
    woke 
    from 
    a stable- 
    boy's 
    cry 

    Said 
    someone 
    come 
    quick

    The 
    horses 
    got 
    loose, 

    got 
    grass- 
    sick 

    They'll 
    founder, 
    fain, 
    they'll 
    die 

    What 
    is 
    now 
    known 
    Verse 2
    by 
    the 

    sorrel 
    and 
    the 
    roan? 

    By 
    the 
    chestnut, 
    and 
    the 
    bay, 

    and 
    the 
    gelding 
    grey? 

    It 
    is, stay 
    by 
    the gate 
    you are 
    given 

    And re
    main 
    in 
    your place, 

    for 
    your 
    season 

    And had 
    the 
    overfed 
    dead 
    but 
    listened 

    To that 
    high- 
    fence, 
    horse- 
    sense, 
    wisdom 

    Verse 3
    But 
    Did 
    you 
    hear 
    that, 
    Bear? 
    said 

    Mon
    key, 
    we'll 
    get 
    out 
    of here, 

    fair 
    and square 

    They 
    left 
    the 
    gate 
    open 
    wide 

    Verse 4
    So, 
    my 
    bride, 

    here 
    is 
    my 
    hand 
    Where 
    is 
    your 
    paw? 

    Try 
    and 
    understand 
    my 
    plan, 
    Ursula 

    My 
    heart 
    is 
    a furnace 

    Full 
    of 
    love 
    that's 
    just 
    and 
    earnest 

    Now 
    you 
    know 
    that 
    we 

    must 
    un
    learn 
    this 

    Alle
    giance 
    to 
    life 
    of 
    service 

    And 
    no 
    longer 
    answer 
    to 
    that 
    heartless 

    Hay- 
    mon
    ger, 

    nor 
    be 
    his 
    ac
    complice 

    The char
    latan, 
    with 
    artless 
    hustling 

    But Ur
    sula, 
    we've 
    got 
    to 
    eat 
    something 

    And 
    earn 
    our 
    keep, 

    while 
    still 
    within 

    The borders 
    of 
    the 
    land 

    that 
    man 
    has 
    girded 

    All 
    double- 
    bolted 
    and 
    tightfis
    ted 

    Until 
    we 
    reach 
    the 
    open 
    country 

    A- steeped 
    in 
    milk 
    and 
    hon
    ey 

    Will 
    you 
    keep 
    your 
    fancy 
    clothes 
    on, 

    for 
    me? 

    Can you 
    bare 
    little 
    longer 

    to 
    wear 
    that 
    leash? 

    My 
    Verse 5
    love, 
    I swear 
    by 
    the 
    air 
    breathe 

    Sooner 
    or 
    later, 
    you'll 
    bare 
    your 
    teeth 

    Verse 6
    But 
    for 
    now, 
    just 
    dance, 
    darling 

    C'mon, 
    will 
    you dance, 
    my 
    darling? 

    Darling, 
    there's 
    a place 
    for 
    us 

    Can 
    we 
    go, 
    before 
    turn 
    to dust? 

    Oh, 
    my 
    darling 
    there's 
    a place 
    for 
    us 

    Verse 7

    Oh 
    darling, 
    c'
    mon 
    will you 

    dance 
    my 
    darling? 

    Though 
    the 
    hills 
    are 
    groaning 
    with 
    excess 

    Like 
    a table 
    ceaselessly 
    being 
    set 

    Oh 
    my 
    darling, 

    we 
    will 
    get 
    there 
    yet 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 8
    They 
    trooped 
    past 
    the 
    guard

    Past 
    the 
    coops, 

    and 
    the fields 

    And the farmyard
    s, 
    all 
    night 
    till 
    finally 

    Verse 9
    The 
    space 
    they 
    gained 
    grew 

    much 
    farther 
    than 

    The stone 
    that 
    Bear 
    threw 

    To 
    mark 
    where 
    they'd 
    stop 
    for 
    tea 

    Verse 10
    But 
    Walk 
    little 
    faster, 

    don't 
    look 
    backwards 

    Your 
    feast 
    is to 
    the East, 

    which 
    lies 
    a little 
    past 
    the 
    pasture 

    And the 
    blackbirds 
    hear 
    tea 

    whistling 
    they 
    rise 
    and 
    clap 

    And 
    their 
    ap
    plause 
    caws 
    the kettle 
    black 

    And 
    we 
    can't 
    have 
    none 
    of 
    that 

    Move 
    along, 
    Bear, 
    there, 

    there, 
    that's 
    that 

    Verse 11
    Though 
    cast 
    in 
    plaster

    Our 
    Ursula's 
    heart 
    beat 
    faster 

    Than 
    mon
    key's 
    ever 
    will 

    Verse 12
    But 
    still, 
    they 
    had 
    got 
    to 

    pay 
    the 
    bills 

    Hadn't 
    they? 
    That 
    is 
    what 

    the 
    monkey'd say 

    So, 
    with 
    the 
    courage 
    of 
    clown, 

    or a 
    cur 

    Or a 
    kite, 
    jerking 
    tight 
    at 
    its 
    tether 

    In her 
    dung- 
    brown 
    gown 
    of fur 

    And 
    her 
    jerkin 
    of 
    swan's 

    down 
    and 
    leather 

    Bear 
    would sway 
    on 
    her hind 
    legs 

    The 
    organ 
    would 
    grind 
    dreg
    s of 
    song 

    For 
    the pleasure 
    of 
    the 
    chil

    dren 
    who'd 
    shriek 

    Throw
    ing 
    coins 
    at 
    her feet 

    and 
    recoiling 
    in 
    ter
    ror 

    Verse 13
    Sing, 
    Dance, 
    darling 

    C'mon, 
    will 
    you dance, 
    my 
    darling? 

    Oh 
    darling, 
    there's 
    a place 
    for 
    us 

    Can 
    we 
    go, 
    before 
    turn 
    to dust? 

    Oh 
    my 
    darling 
    there's 

    a place 
    for 
    us 

    Verse 14

    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'll 
    love 
    you 
    still 

    Verse 15

    Deep 
    in 
    the 
    night, 

    shone 
    weak 
    and 
    miserly 
    light 

    Where 
    the 
    monkey 
    shouldered 

    his 
    lamp 

    Someone 
    had 
    told 
    him 
    the 

    Bear'd been 
    wandering 

    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, 

    Ursula 
    will 
    be 
    bursting 
    with 
    pride 

    Till 
    jump 
    up 
    saying, 

    You've 
    been 
    rolling 
    in 
    muck 

    Saying, 
    You 
    smell 
    of garbage 
    and 
    grime 

    Verse 16
    But 
    far 
    out, 
    far 
    out, 
    by 
    now, 
    by 
    now 

    Far 
    out, 
    by 
    now, 
    Bear 
    ploughed 

    'Cause 
    she 
    would 
    not 
    drown 

    Verse 17
    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 

    Lowered 
    in a 
    genteel 
    curtsy 

    Bear 
    shed 
    the mantle 
    of 
    her 

    diluvian 
    shoulders 

    And, 
    with 
    a sigh 
    she 
    allowed 
    the 

    burden 
    of 
    belly 
    to 
    drop 

    Verse 18
    Like 
    an apron 
    full 
    of boulder

    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, 

    Verse 19
    suspending 
    that 
    baseness 

    Now 
    her 
    coat 
    drags 

    through the 
    water 

    Bagging, 
    with 
    a life's- 

    worth 
    of 
    hunger 

    Verse 20
    Limitless 
    minnows 

    In 
    the 
    magnetic 
    embrace, 

    balletic and 
    glacial 

    Of 
    bear's 
    insatiable 
    shadow 

    Verse 21
    Left 
    there, 
    left 
    there 

    When 
    Bear 
    left 
    Bear 

    Verse 22
    Left 
    there, 
    left 
    there 

    When 
    bear 
    stepped 
    clear 
    of 
    bear 

    Interlude 2

    Soon
    er 
    or 
    Verse 23
    later 
    you'll 
    bury 

    your 
    teeth 


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