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Capo on 5, though I prefer it on 1,2, or just open. Listen for strumming its kinda weird ---------------------------------------------------- Intro: 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, C Am Em G So suddenly it seems to me, I ain't no artist, I ought to be C Am Em G The dirt along the ocean floor, So when it drains I'll float to shore, [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/hop-along/328484.html ] C Am Em Now scathingly i'll throw the paint along my wall, G and fall and faint, C Am Em G my bones will know just what to do, and by the break of dawn i will be 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, C Am Em G So suddenly it seems to me, I ain't no artist, I ought to be C Am Em G The dirt along the ocean floor, So when it drains I'll float to shore, C Am Em G Now joyously i'll throw the paint along the mountains, Liberate, C Am Em G the blue all the seagulls will adore, they won't care for the fish any more, C Am Em G any more, any more, any more, any more, C Am I guess i...i will wake up, Em I'll shake this off, G I'll call my cousins, C Am miss my brother my father my mother, Em G and my big sister in new mexico, C Am Em G i don't recall it was just a dream, (soft) C Am Em G i don't recall it was just a dream, (loud) C Am Em but if i see a bear i hope it might come back, come back, G might come back to me. (End on C) |