{"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":925320,"song":"Monkey Bear","artist":"Joanna Newsom","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11612152-monkey-bear-chords-by-joanna-newsom/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/925320?type=chord","rating":4.60231,"votes":25,"content":"MONKEY & BEAR – JOANNA NEWSOM\r\n\r\nThis one takes a bit of practise.\r\nIf the chords don’t sound quite right, have a listen to the individual notes that Joanna\r\nThe Cm section is technically correct, it’s just a little difficult to explain. Don’t\r\nthe Cm as a barre chord, play it like this : x310xx so that the Eb (or the ‘1’) moves up \r\nan E when you play the C chord. That entire chord section is used to illustrate that\r\nwhich is awkward to transcribe to guitar. It works though, just give it a bit of work.\r\n\r\nCAPO 5\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\ndown in the green hay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch])\r\nwhere monkey and bear usually lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthey woke from a stable-boy's cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhe said; someone come quick![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe horses got loose, got grass-sick![/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthey'll founder! fain, they'll die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhat is now known by the sorrel and the roan?[/tab]\r\n[ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch]        [ch]Eadd9[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nby the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit is: stay by the gate you are given[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand remain in your place, for your season[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand had the overfed dead but listened[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"did you hear that, Bear?\" said monkey[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nwe'll get out of here, fair and square[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthey've left the gate open wide![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmy bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhere is my hand, where is your paw?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntry and understand my plan, Ursala[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmy heart is a furnace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfull of love that's just, and earnest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nnow; you know that we must unlearn this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nallegiance to a life of service[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand no longer answer to that heartless[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhay-monger, nor be his accomplice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(that charlatan, with artless hustling!)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut; Ursala, we've got to eat something[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand earn our keep, while still within[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe borders of the land that man has girded[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(all double-bolted and tightfisted!)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nuntil we reach the open country[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\na-steeped in milk and honey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwill you keep your fancy clothes on, for me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan you bear a little longer to wear that leash?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmy love, I swear by the air I breathe:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsooner or later, you'll bare your teeth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut for now, just dance, darling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nc'mon, will you dance, my darling?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\ndarling, there's a place for us[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan we go, before I turn to dust?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\noh my darling, there's a place for us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh darling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nc'mon will you dance, my darling?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\noh, the hills are groaning with excess[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlike a table ceaselessly being set[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\noh my darling, we will get there yet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthey trooped past the guards,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch])\r\npast the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nall night, till finally:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe space they gained grew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  ([ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch])\r\nmuch farther than the stone that bear threw[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto mark where they'd stop for tea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nbut walk a little faster[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nand don't look backwards[/tab]\r\n     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Eadd9[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eadd9[/ch]\r\nyour feast is to the East, which lies a little past the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\npasture[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand their applause caws the kettle black[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand we can't have none of that![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmove along, Bear; there, there; that�s that[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(though cast in plaster[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch])\r\nour Ursala's heart beat faster[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthan monkey's ever will)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut still;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey have got to pay the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhadn't they?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat is what the monkey'd say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso, with the courage of a clown, or a cur[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nor a kite, jerking tight at its tether[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nin her dun-brown gown of fur[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand her jerkin of swan's down and leather[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBear would sway on her hind legs;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof the children, who'd shriek[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthrowing coins at her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthen recoiling in terror[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsing, dance, darling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nc'mon, will you dance, my darling?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\noh darling, there's a place for us[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan we go, before I turn to dust?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\noh my darling, there�s a place for us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh darling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nc'mon, will you dance, my darling?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyou keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere you'll ever-after eat your fill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh my darling, dear, mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nif you dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ndance, darling, and i love you still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\ndeep in the night[/tab]\r\nshone a weak and miserly light\r\nwhere the monkey shouldered his lamp\r\nsomeone had told him\r\nthe bear had been wandering\r\na fair piece away from where they were camped\r\nsomeone had told him\r\nthe bear'd been sneaking away\r\nto the seaside caverns, to bathe\r\nand the thought troubled the monkey\r\nfor he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves\r\nalso afraid what the village people would say\r\nif they saw the bear in that state;\r\nlolling and splashing obscenely\r\nwell, it seemed irrational, really; washing that face\r\nwashing that matted and flea-bit pelt\r\nin some sea-spit-shine, old kelp dripping with brine\r\nbut monkey just laughed, and he muttered;\r\nwhen she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride\r\n'til I jump up!\r\nsaying: you've been rolling in muck!\r\nsaying: you smell of garbage and grime!\r\nbut far out\r\nfar out\r\nby now\r\nby now\r\nfar out, by now, Bear ploughed\r\n'cause she would not drown:\r\nfirst the outside-legs of the bear\r\nup and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters\r\nthen the outside-arms of the bear\r\nfell off, as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes\r\nlow'red in a genteel curtsy\r\nbear shed the mantle of her diluvian shoulders;\r\nand, with a sigh, she allowed the burden of belly\r\nto drop like an apronfull of boulders\r\nif you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light\r\nwhere it's worn translucent in places\r\nyou'd see spots where almost every night of the year\r\nBear had been mending suspending that baseness\r\nnow her coat drags through the water\r\nbagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless minnows\r\nin the magnetic embrace\r\nballetic and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow\r\nleft there!\r\nleft there!\r\nwhen Bear left Bear\r\nleft there!\r\nleft there!\r\nwhen Bear stepped clear of Bear\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]F[/ch],\r\n[ch]Am[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth...)[/tab]","plain_text":"MONKEY & BEAR – JOANNA NEWSOM\n\nThis one takes a bit of practise.\nIf the chords don’t sound quite right, have a listen to the individual notes that Joanna\nThe Cm section is technically correct, it’s just a little difficult to explain. Don’t\nthe Cm as a barre chord, play it like this : x310xx so that the Eb (or the ‘1’) moves up \nan E when you play the C chord. That entire chord section is used to illustrate that\nwhich is awkward to transcribe to guitar. It works though, just give it a bit of work.\n\nCAPO 5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsus4   E        Esus4        Eadd9   E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     E        Esus4  E           Eadd9  E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nshone a weak and miserly light\nwhere the monkey shouldered his lamp\nsomeone had told him\nthe bear had been wandering\na fair piece away from where they were camped\nsomeone had told him\nthe bear'd been sneaking away\nto the seaside caverns, to bathe\nand the thought troubled the monkey\nfor he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves\nalso afraid what the village people would say\nif they saw the bear in that state;\nlolling and splashing obscenely\nwell, it seemed irrational, really; washing that face\nwashing that matted and flea-bit pelt\nin some sea-spit-shine, old kelp dripping with brine\nbut monkey just laughed, and he muttered;\nwhen she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride\n'til I jump up!\nsaying: you've been rolling in muck!\nsaying: you smell of garbage and grime!\nbut far out\nfar out\nby now\nby now\nfar out, by now, Bear ploughed\n'cause she would not drown:\nfirst the outside-legs of the bear\nup and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters\nthen the outside-arms of the bear\nfell off, as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes\nlow'red in a genteel curtsy\nbear shed the mantle of her diluvian shoulders;\nand, with a sigh, she allowed the burden of belly\nto drop like an apronfull of boulders\nif you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light\nwhere it's worn translucent in places\nyou'd see spots where almost every night of the year\nBear had been mending suspending that baseness\nnow her coat drags through the water\nbagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless minnows\nin the magnetic embrace\nballetic and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow\nleft there!\nleft there!\nwhen Bear left Bear\nleft there!\nleft there!\nwhen Bear stepped clear of Bear\n\nAm, G, F, A, G, D (F,\nAm, F, G","chords":["Cm","Eb","E","C","Am","G","F","A","D","Cadd9","Esus4","Eadd9","D/A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}