Chords for Shaina Taub - 'Bear & Otter' - NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest Entry

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Chapter [G] one, a tale of Otter and Bear [Bb] and a lovely pair
_ _ [Fm] With heart suspended in the air, him just a [G] cub, she just a tiny little otter [Bb] in the water _
[F] Where he came to fish for [C] dinner one day, Otter said, [Bb] come and swim
But Bear replied, [Bb] my paw won't let me in, pass my paws
_ [F] And just [Eb] as Bear almost [Dm] ran [Am] away
_ [E] Otter climbed [Dm] on land, _ took [E] his hat _ [Bb] and said
[Am] _ This is [Em] what children do, this is what [G] geese _ do
This is [C] what giraffes do, [Em] they hide [Am] in love
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ This is [Em] what spiders do, [G] this is what stingrays do
[C] This is what raccoons do, [Em] they try [D] in love
[Eb] _ They try [C] in [Em] love _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [B] Chapter two, Bear and [F] Otter, a [C] few years older
Found a spacious place [Em] upstream to get [Am] their trade
And they spend weeks between land and [G] sea, it's heavenly
And [Em] Bear hunts nine to five [Am] while Otter finishes [C] her degree
_ And they smile over dinners [Eb] of sea bass and dream [Dm] of moving [D] to Alaska
[F] And Bear [Eb] spends too much [Dm] on [A] honey
_ [F] And Otter [Eb] drowns in [Dm] her study
But when the day [E] is done, _ _ [Gm] they have their [Bb] fun on and [C] on
This is [Em] what couples do, [F] this is what creatures do
[C] This is what giraffes do, [Em] they hide [Am] in love
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ This is what [Em] plankton do, [F] Komodo dragons [C] do
This is what baboons do, [Em] they try in [D] love
_ _ [Eb] They try [Am] in [Fm] love
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[Am] _ Chapter [B] three, _ _ [C] Accidentally, [D] a pregnancy too [Am] soon
_ [Fm] Baby's due in June, [C] there's no room
[Bm] Winter looms, [Am] a scared, [B] unprepared Bear and [Am] Otter
Wait for someone to tell them [Fm] what to [B] _ [C] do _
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Bear [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
picks [B] up night shifts, her rift [Am] begins to sift
And Otter _ _ [Ab] dreams in [C] black and white
[Gb] _ _ [F] But when their [Eb] son _ [F] _ [Am] arrives, _ _
[F] he [Bb] has Bear's [Dm] brown hair _
_ And [E] Otter's little eyes, _ [Bb] they cry
Is _ _ _ [B] this what grown-ups [F] do, is this what parents do
Is this what adults do, trade time [Bm] for long
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Is this what [Em] grown-ups do, is [F] this what parents do
[C] Is this what giraffes do, [Em] trade time [D] for love
[Eb] _ Trade [C] time for [Em] love, love, [F] love _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] Chapter four, Bear [G] and Otter, well past 84
[Bb] Their kid moved to Alaska, [F] don't ask [Bbm] them if they're still in touch
[Cm] They retire, [Em] Bear's punk list [Bb] expired
Otter bathes him in the river and [G] holds him through the night
[Fm] She says, remember when we [Cm] met, he [Bb] said, how could I forget
[F] We rolled to [Bb] paradise and built our [Gm] own paradise _
_ [F] Life [Eb] didn't go like we [A] tried, [F] but it was worth [Eb] it by your [Dm] side
_ _ Remember that
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ This is what [Em] hippos do, this is [G] what oysters do
[C] This is what dinosaurs [B] do, they hate
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[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ This is what [Em] grown-ups do, this [F] is what babies [C] do
This is what giraffes do, [Em] they find [F] _ love
_ Love, _ [B] this [Em] is what people do, what [G] else can people do
I wanna [C] live beside you [Em] and die [F] in love
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