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^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 ^Csuddenly it ^Amseems to me, I ^Emain't no artist, I ^Gought to be The ^Cdirt along the ^Amocean floor, So ^Emwhen it drains I'll ^Gfloat to shore,

Now ^Cscathingly i'll ^Amthrow the paint ^Emalong my wall, and ^Gfall and faint, my ^Cbones will know just ^Amwhat to do, and by the ^Embreak 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 ^Csuddenly it ^Amseems to me, I ^Emain't no artist, I ^Gought to be The ^Cdirt along the ^Amocean floor, So ^Emwhen it drains I'll ^Gfloat to shore,

Now ^Cjoyously i'll th^Amrow the paint al^Emong the mountains, ^GLiberate, the^C blue all the seagulls ^Amwill adore, they won't ^Emcare for the fish any^G more,

any ^Cmore, any ^Ammore, any ^Emmore, any ^Gmore, I guess ^Ci...i will wake ^Amup, I'll shake this o^Emff, I'll call my ^Gcousins, miss my ^Cbrother my father my ^Ammother, and my ^Embig sister in ^Gnew mexico,

i ^Cdon't ^Amrecall it was ^Emjust a ^Gdream, (soft) i ^Cdon't ^Amrecall it was ^Emjust a ^Gdream, (loud)

but if i ^Csee a ^Ambear i hope it might ^Emcome back, come back, might come back to ^Gme. (End on C)

Hop Along - Of my brothers and the bear