The Bear chords by Matt The Electrician

Intro:
C G C  x2


   C     G            C.
A bear moved into the city,
     F                    C
and all of the work dried up.
         Am                C
Put it all in his pickup truck,
      F               G
and drove down the mountain.
          C           G        C
And he scoured the classified ads
         F                        C
For a window with a view of the trees.

            Am                  C
Signed his name, got a set of keys,
          F                G
and the empty light of a room.


                  Am         F
And he said, "I wonder if this is what
           C
heaven is like?"
              G                         Am
"What if it means I'm more dead that alive?"
               F                       C
"What would I be if I turned out the light,
         G        Am   G C F Am G C G C
before night... fell?"


  C     G                 C
Bear walked while for groceries,
        F                     C
and everyone stared at the ground.
   Am                        C
Moving to the beat of the sound of the
   F             G
voices of the engines.
           C       G           C
And the sidewalk tore at his feet,
        F                  C
and it hurt just a little more
     Am                C
To open and close the door
         F             G
of the Bodega on the corner.



And he said, "I wonder if this is what
           C
heaven is like?"
              G                         Am
"What if it means I'm more dead that alive?"
               F                       C
"What would I be if I turned out the light,
         G        Am   G C
before night... fell?"
        Am   G   C
In the old days,
         Am      G    C
we would up and run.
        Am   G     C
In the old days,
        Am   G      C G C C G C
we were so young.

F  C  Am     C  F  G


  C        G               C
Bear laid down on a park bench
      F                       C
and stared straight up at the sky,
    Am                    C
Waiting on the first starlight
         F                G
in the space between the buildings.
          C               G
And he stayed awake all night,
           F            C
with the cars and the people,
         Am                 C
And his fingers formed a steeple
   F            G
pointed at the sky.


         Am
And he said, "I wonder if this is what
           C
heaven is like?"
              G                         Am
"What if it means I'm more dead that alive?"
               F                       C
"What would I be if I turned out the light,
         G        Am     G   C
before night... fell?"