Monkey Bear
Joanna Newsom
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(Am G F down in the green hayA G D) where monkey and bear usually layAm F Am they woke from a stable-boy's cryAm G F he said; someone come quick!A G the horses got loose, gotD grass-sick!Am F Am they'll founder! fain, they'll dieCm C Cadd9 E what is now known by the sorrelEsus4 E and the roan?Esus4 E Esus4Eadd9 EE by the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey?Am G it is: stay by the gate you areD givenC G and remain in your place, for yourF seasonAm G and had the overfed dead butC listenedF G to that high-fence, horse-sense,A wisdom...Am G F "did you hear that, Bear?" saidD monkeyG D we'll get out of here, fair andD/A squareAm F Am they've left the gate open wide!Am so;D my brideAm D here is my hand, where is your paw?Am D try and understand my plan, UrsalaAm D my heart is a furnaceAm full of love that's just, andD earnestAm D now; you know that we must unlearn thisAm D allegiance to a life of serviceAm and no longer answer to thatD heartlessAm D hay-monger, nor be his accompliceAm (that charlatan, with artlessD hustling!)Am but; Ursala, we've got to eatD somethingAm D and earn our keep, while still withinAm the borders of the land that manD has girdedAm D (all double-bolted and tightfisted!)Am D until we reach the open countryAm D a-steeped in milk and honeyAm will you keep your fancy clothesD on, for me?Am can you bear a little longer toD wear that leash?Am my love, I swear by the air ID breathe:Am C F sooner or later, you'll bare yourAm teethAm D but for now, just dance, darlingAm E c'mon, will you dance, my darling?Am C darling, there's a place for usContinúa después del anuncioF D can we go, before I turn to dust?Am C F oh my darling, there's a placeAm for usAm D oh darlingAm E c'mon will you dance, my darling?Am C oh, the hills are groaning with excessF D like a table ceaselessly being setAm C F Am oh my darling, we will get there yetAm G F they trooped past the guards,A G past the coops, and the fields,D (F, G) and the farmyardsAm F Am all night, till finally:Am G F the space they gained grewA G much farther than the stone thatD (F, G) bear threwAm F Am to mark where they'd stop for teaCm C Cadd9 but walk a little fasterE Esus4 E Esus4 and don't look backwardsE Esus4 EEadd9 EEadd9 your feast is to the East, which lies a little past theE pastureAm when the blackbirds hear teaG F whistling, they rise and clapC G and their applause caws the kettleF blackAm G C and we can't have none of that!Am G move along, Bear; there, there;D that�s thatAm G F (though cast in plasterA G D (F, G) our Ursala's heart beat fasterAm F Am than monkey's ever will)Am D but still;Am they have got to pay the billsDAm D hadn't they?Am D that is what the monkey'd sayAm D Am so, with the courage of a clown, or a curD or a kite, jerking tight at itsAm tetherD Am in her dun-brown gown of furD and her jerkin of swan's down andAm leatherD Am Bear would sway on her hind legs;D the organ would grind dregs ofAm song, for the pleasureD of the children, who'd shriekAm throwing coins at her feetD Am then recoiling in terrorD sing, dance, darlingAm E c'mon, will you dance, my darling?Am C oh darling, there's a place for usF D can we go, before I turn to dust?Am C F oh my darling, there�s aAm place for usAm D oh darlingAm c'mon, will you dance, my darling?EAm you keep your eyes fixed on theC highest hillF D where you'll ever-after eat your fillAm C F D oh my darling, dear, mineAm if you danceC F Am dance, darling, and i love you stillAm deep 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 BearAm, G, F, A, G, D (F,Am, F, GAm C F (sooner or later, you'll bareAm your teeth...)