The Bear And The Maiden Fair

The Hold Steady

Key G

Verse 1

A G bear there was, a bear a C bear

G All black and brown and D covered in hair

G Three boys, a goat, and a dancing C bear

Am They danced and spun up D to the fair

Oh! G Sweet she was, and pure and C fair

G The maid with honey up in her D hair

G He smelled her all on the summer C air

Am The maid with honey up in C her hair D

Chorus

Em From there, to C here, from Em here to C there

All G black and brown D and covered in C hair

Em Smelt that C girl on the Em summer C air

The G bear, the D bear, and the G maiden fair

Verse 2

Oh G I'm a maid and I'm pure and C fair

G I'll never dance with a D hairy bear

G I called the knight, but C you're a bear

Am All black and brown and D covered in hair

G He lifted her high C in the air

G He stepped and roared and he D started there

G She kicked and railed the C maid so fair

G He licked the honey all up D in her hair

Chorus, + The G bear, the D bear, and the G maiden fair (x2)

Bridge

She siged and she squealed as she kicked the air

She sang my bear, my bear, my bear so fair

And of they went into she summer air

The bear, the bear and the maiden fair

Solo, then Chorus + The G bear, the D bear, and the G maiden fair (x3)