The Bear And The Mainden Fair chords by The Hold Steady

Chords with lyrics

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, right 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 on the summer air!
A minorAm             C majorC     D MajorD
The maid with honey up in her hair!

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
He smelled that girl on the summer air!
G+G      D MajorD       G+G
The bear! The bear! And the maiden fair!

G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm C majorC  D MajorD

Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair!
I'll never dance with a hairy bear!
I called a knight, but you're a bear!
All black and brown and covered in hair!
He lifted her high in the air!
He sniffed and roared and he smelled her there!
She kicked and wailed, the maid so fair!
When he licked the honey from her hair!

E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

From there to here. From here! To there!
All black and brown and covered with hair!
He smelled that girl on the summer air!
The bear! The bear! And the maiden fair!

G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD

She sighed and she squealed and she kicked the air!
Then she sang: My bear! My bear so fair!
And off they went into the summer air!
The bear, the bear, And the maiden fair!

E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

From there to here. From here! To there!
All black and brown and covered in hair!
He smelled that girl on the summer air!
The bear! The bear!