{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2210325,"song":"The Bear","artist":"The Tragically Hip","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11468364-the-bear-chords-by-the-tragically-hip/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2210325?type=chord","rating":0.16123,"votes":0,"content":"Sounds good on acoustic if you play the chords as barre chords, \r\nwhile keeping the high e and b strings open on every chord and \r\nyou just move up and down the neck, as shown below.\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  244300\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   012200\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   799800\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   577600\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   355400\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was first attracted by your scent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour heart must be a caramelised onion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy the time I saw your flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was all over for you and what's his name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI think it was Algonquin park[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was so cold and winter dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA promised hibernation high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTook me across the great black plate of ice[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm the islander[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI found a place to call my den[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd dreamt of the ferry and the enormous man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHuge as were his children[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFollowing around after him[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm the islander[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI woke up in the furtive spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMore capable of anything[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI waited for more men to come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey docked their boats and cocked their guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe time for truth and reconciliation's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut with my belly full I intended to get something done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm the islander[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI woke up in the dead of spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMore hungry than anything[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm the islander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm the islander[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] (4x)","plain_text":"Sounds good on acoustic if you play the chords as barre chords, \nwhile keeping the high e and b strings open on every chord and \nyou just move up and down the neck, as shown below.\n\nF#  244300\nE   012200\nB   799800\nA   577600\nG   355400\n\n[Intro]\nF#  E\n\n[Verse 1]\nF#  E\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF#  E\nF#  E\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF#  E\nF#  E\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nB   A\nB   A\nF#  E\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nB  A\n\n\nF#  E\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\nF# E    F#  E    F#   E (4x)","chords":["F#","E","B","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}