Of My Brothers And The Bear

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We thought we heard a bear,

We turned around to run,

Me and my cousins one by one,

Thought man if i had a gun,

I'd have shot him in the head,

I'd of shot that big bear dead,

laid his skin out in the sun,

and hang him up to dry with clothespins,

and the town would think me brave,

Throw a party in my honor,

Mom would paint my face with deerblood,

I'd enter like a god,

and the bear'd be on a flagpole,

Wave to all the little boys and girls,

Come spring he would disintegrate,

and be reborn a plumber,

So suddenly it seems to me, I ain't no artist, I ought to be

The dirt along the ocean floor, So when it drains I'll float to shore,

Now scathingly i'll throw the paint along my wall,

and fall and faint,

my bones will know just what to do, and by the break of dawn i will be new,

We thought we saw a man,

We could not see a gun,

so my brother said move on,

thought man if i had a bomb,

I'd of blown the scoundrel up,

Watch his head and heart hiccup,

Erupt in tinsel and blue cinders

Turn august into winter,

And we'd build a big snowman

out of his pancreas and glitter,

Grab a scarf so he won't shiver,

it'll keep him nice and warm,

and the man he'd blow to heaven,

be among his loves and brethren,

in the morning he'd wake up

to find himself reborn a bear,

So suddenly it seems to me, I ain't no artist, I ought to be

The dirt along the ocean floor, So when it drains I'll float to shore,

Now joyously i'll throw the paint along the mountains, Liberate,

the blue all the seagulls will adore, they won't care for the fish any more,

any more, any more, any more, any more,

I guess i...i will wake up,

I'll shake this off,

I'll call my cousins,

miss my brother my father my mother,

and my big sister in new mexico,

i don't recall it was just a dream, (soft)

i don't recall it was just a dream, (loud)

but if i see a bear i hope it might come back, come back,

might come back to me. (End on C)

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Readable chord sheet for Of My Brothers And The Bear by Hop Along

e|----------3p0-0--------------3p0-0------------------3p0-0--|
        B|----1-------------1----1---------------1-----0-------------|
        G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
        D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
        A|-3-----3--------3---0-----0---------0------2-----2---------|
        E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

          -------------------3-----3-5-3-0--|
          --------0-------------------------|
          ----------------------------------|
          ----------------------------------|
          ---2-------------2-----2----------|      (second time end on 3
          ------------3---------------------| (x2)  instead of 0)
[C]  We thought we heard a bear,
[Am]  We turned around to run,
[Em]  Me and my cousins one by one,
[G]  Thought man if i had a gun,

[C]  I'd have shot him in the head,
[Am]  I'd of shot that big bear dead,
[Em]  laid his skin out in the sun,
[G]  and hang him up to dry with clothespins,

[C]  and the town would think me brave,
[Am]  Throw a party in my honor,
[Em]  Mom would paint my face with deerblood,
[G]  I'd enter like a god,

[C]  and the bear'd be on a flagpole,
[Am]  Wave to all the little boys and girls,
[Em]  Come spring he would disintegrate,
[G]  and be reborn a plumber,

So [C]suddenly it [Am]seems to me, I [Em]ain't no artist, I [G]ought to be
The [C]dirt along the [Am]ocean floor, So [Em]when it drains I'll [G]float to shore,

Now [C]scathingly i'll [Am]throw the paint [Em]along my wall,
and [G]fall and faint,
my [C]bones will know just [Am]what to do, and by the [Em]break of dawn i will be[G] new,

[C]  We thought we saw a man,
[Am]  We could not see a gun,
[Em]  so my brother said move on,
[G]  thought man if i had a bomb,

[C]  I'd of blown the scoundrel up,
[Am]  Watch his head and heart hiccup,
[Em]  Erupt in tinsel and blue cinders
[G]  Turn august into winter,

[C]  And we'd build a big snowman
[Am]  out of his pancreas and glitter,
[Em]  Grab a scarf so he won't shiver,
[G]  it'll keep him nice and warm,

[C]  and the man he'd blow to heaven,
[Am]  be among his loves and brethren,
[Em]  in the morning he'd wake up
[G]  to find himself reborn a bear,

So [C]suddenly it [Am]seems to me, I [Em]ain't no artist, I [G]ought to be
The [C]dirt along the [Am]ocean floor, So [Em]when it drains I'll [G]float to shore,

Now [C]joyously i'll th[Am]row the paint al[Em]ong the mountains, [G]Liberate,
the[C] blue all the seagulls [Am]will adore, they won't [Em]care for the fish any[G] more,

any [C]more, any [Am]more, any [Em]more, any [G]more,

I guess [C]i...i will wake [Am]up,
I'll shake this o[Em]ff,
I'll call my [G]cousins,
miss my [C]brother my father my [Am]mother,
and my [Em]big sister in [G]new mexico,

i [C]don't [Am]recall it was [Em]just a [G]dream, (soft)

i [C]don't [Am]recall it was [Em]just a [G]dream, (loud)

but if i [C]see a [Am]bear i hope it might [Em]come back, come back,
might come back to [G]me.   (End on C)

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