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Black Bear

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Gbmajor
90BPM
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F#Help, help I’m drowningBbm  
In the Bsus2sea where I found you
F#The kerosene in your skinBbm  
The chBsus2emistry that I’m bound to
F#   Bbm   Bsus2x2
F#Picture me on an oceanBbm  
In a Bsus2chest that I hollow
F#I picture you in slow mBbmotion
Somewhere in Bsus2west Colorado
F#Well I don’t know where that pBbmlace is
If I Bsus2did I would follow
F#I don’t know what this Bbmtaste is
If I Bsus2did I would swallow
F#Thought I knew all the Bbmanswers
Thought I held all the Ebmkeys
The black bear that I Abled you to
Wants more than I can sF#peak
Thought I drew out the Bbmcancers
Thought I fell the diEbmsease
Turns out that I Abneed you now
Much more than you need F#me
Bbm Bsus2 F# Bbm Bsus2
F#A track meet in my carBbm  
CompliBsus2cates what I told you
F#The back beat in my heartBbm  
SyncopBsus2ates when I hold you
F#Well I don’t know what the Bbmuse is
If I Bsus2did I’d unfold you
F#I don’t know what the tBbmruth is
If I Bsus2did I’d have told you
F#Thought I knew all the anBbmswers
Thought I held all the Ebmkeys
The black bear that I Abled you to
Wants more than I can sF#peak
Thought I drew out the cBbmancers
Thought I fell the diEbmsease
Turns out that I nAbeed you now
Much more than you need F#meEbm  Bbm  F#  
Db Ebm Bbm F#
(repeat to end)
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