Chord/Tab song: Bears

BEARS (Steven Fromholz, 1975)
performed by Lyle Lovett on STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE (1998)
transcribed by Mark Albert [email protected]

Key of Ab, capo 1

suggested chord fingerings

[G] [Em7] [CaddD] [F6/9]

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--3--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--3--| |-----|
|--3--| |--0--| |-----| |-----|

CHORD CHART
[G] [Em] [2C] [F] [C] [2G]

INTRO (acoustic guitar):
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|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|----3-------|-------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|----3-------|-------------|
|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|----0--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--|
|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|----2-------|-------------|
|--------0---2------|--------0---2------|-3----------|-------------|
|-3-------\/--------|-0-------\/--------|--------------------------|

[H] [H]
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|--------3-------3--|--------3-------3--|----3-------|-------------|
|--------3-------3--|--------3-------3--|----3-------|-------------|
|--------0-------0--|--------0-------0--|----0--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--|
|-2---3------3------|-0---2------2------|-0----------|-------------|
|--\/---------------|--\/---------------|------------|-------------|
|--H----------------|---H---------------|--------------------------|

[G]Some folks say there [Em]ain't no bears in [C]Arkansas
[F]Some folks never seen a [C]bear at a[G]ll
[G]Some folks say that [Em]bears go around eating [C]babies raw
[F]Some folks got a [C]bear across the [G]hall

[G]Some folks say that [Em]bears go around [C]smelling bad
[F]Others say that a [C]bear is honey [G]sweet
[G]Some folks say this [Em]bear's the best I e[C]ver had
[F]Some folks got a [C]bear beneath their [G]feet

[G]Some folks [Em]drive the bears out of the [C]wilderness
[F]Some to see a [C]bear would pay a [G]fee
[G]Me I just [Em]bear up to my bew[C]ildered best
[F]And some folks even [C]seen the bear in [G]me

BRIDGE (mandolin followed by dobro)

[G]Some folks [Em]drive the bears out of the [C]wilderness
[F]Some to see a [C]bear would pay a [G]fee
[G]Me I just [Em]bear up to my bew[C]ildered best
[F]And some folks even [C]seen the bear in [G]me

So [G]meet a bear and t[Em]ake him on out to [C]lunch with you
And [F]even though your f[C]riends may stop and s[G]tare
[G]Just remember that's a bear [Em]there in the [C]bunch with you
[F]And they just don't come no [C]better than a [G]bear

So [G]meet a bear and t[Em]ake him on out [C]to lunch with you
And [F]even though your f[C]riends may stop and s[G]tare
[G]Just remember that's a bear [Em]there in the [C]bunch with you
[F]And they just don't come no [C]better than a [G]bear

[F]No they just don't come no b[C]etter than a b[G]ear
[F]No they just don't come no b[C]etter than
[F]No they just don't come no b[C]etter than
[F]No they just don't come no b[C]etter that a [G]bear