The Bear And The Maiden Fair chords by The Hold Steady

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

VERSE 1:

G+G            C majorC

A augmentedA bear there was, a bear a bear

G+G             D MajorD

All black and brown and covered in hair

G+G             C majorC

Three boys, a goat, and a dancing bear

A minorAm            D MajorD

They danced and spun up to the fair

G+G             C majorC

Oh! Sweet she was, and pure and fair

G+G             D MajorD

The maid with honey up in her hair

G+G              C majorC

He smelled her all on the summer air

A minorAm            C majorC    D MajorD

The maid with honey up in her hair

CHORUS:

E minorEm       C majorC     E minorEm    C majorC

From there, to here, from here to there

    G+G      D MajorD      C majorC

All black and brown and covered in hair

E minorEm     C majorC      E minorEm    C majorC

Smelt that girl on the summer air

G+G      D MajorD       G+G

The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair

VERSE 2 (same chords as first half of Verse 1):

Oh I'm a maid and I'm pure and fair
I'll never dance with a hairy bear
I called the knight, but you're a bear
All black and brown and covered in hair

CHORUS (repeat chords):

From there to here, from here to there
All black and brown and covered in hair
Smelt that girl on the summer air
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair

And that just about sums it up. This is my first tab, so the formatting may be a little
off, but the chords should be just about spot-on. Noticed there weren't any tabs for
this up yet, so decided to see if I could just piece it together by ear. Let me know if