Chords for Shaina Taub - The Tale of Bear and Otter - EP Release Concert at Rockwood

Chapter one, the tale of [Em] Otter and Bear, an [F] unlikely pair.
_ [F] With heart suspended [C] in the air, him just a cup, she just [Gm] a todder, little Otter [Bb] in the water.
[F] Where he came to fish for dinner [C] one day, Otter [Ab] said, come and swim.
But Bear replied, [B] my paw won't let me in past my paws.
[F] And just [Eb] as Bear [Dm] almost ran [Am] away,
_ [Eb] Otter climbed on [Dm] Red, _ took his [E] hand, [Gm] and said,
[C]
This is what [G] children do, this [F] is what babies do,
This is what [C] giraffes do, [G] they hide [F] and love.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C]
This is what [G] spiders do, this [Bb] is what sea [F] rays do,
This is what [C] raccoons do, [G] they find and [D] love.
_ [Eb] They try [C] and [G] love.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Chapter [Em] two, Bear [F] and Otter, a few years [C] old,
Found a spacious place [Em]
upstream to get their [G] way to Meek's Greenland and [C] see.
It's really warm here, and Bear [Em] hunts nine to five while [F] Otter finishes her day.
_ And they smile, but then [Eb] there's a sea bass and dream [G] of moving [D] to Alaska.
[F] And Bear [Eb] spends too [Dm] much on [Am] her name,
[F] And on [Eb] her dreams and [Dm] her study.
But when day is [E] done, _ _ [Bb] they have their fun,
And _ [C] this is what [G] cobbles do, this is what [F] creatures do,
This [C] is what giraffes do, they [G] hide and [F] love. _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] This is [G] what plankton do, [F] Komodo dragons do,
This is [C] what baboons do, [G] they find [D] and love.
[Eb] They try [Am] and _ [D] love.
_ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ Chapter [D] three, _ [C]
Accidental, _ [D] see too [Am] soon,
[D] Baby's doing you, [C] there's no room,
[D] In tombs of [Am] scared, hungry [Gb] men.
Bear [Am] and Otter wait for someone to tell them what to [D] _ [C] do.
Do, _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] do.
[D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] The air picks up, the night shifts, a rift begins to sift,
And Otter _ _ [Fm] dreams [C] in black and white.
[D] _ _ [F] But when [Eb] Bear's son _ [Dm] _ [Am] arrives, _ [F] he [Eb] has Bear's wild [Dm] head,
_ And [E] Otter's little eyes, [Bb] they cry.
_ _ [C] Is this what [G] grown-ups do, [F] is this what parents do,
[C] Is this what adults do, trade [Ab] time for love?
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
Is this [G] what grown-ups do, is [F] this what parents do,
Is this [C] what giraffes do, [G] trade time [D] for love?
[Eb] Trade time [C] for love.
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Chapter four, [G] Bear and Otter, well past 84,
[Bb] Their kid moved to Alaska, don't worry, it's a long [C] course.
Over time, [G] Bear's pancreas expired,
[Bb] Otter beats him in the river, [F] and holds him through the night.
She says, remember when we [Ab] met?
He said, how could I forget?
We [Fm] rolled to paradise, and built our own paradise. _ _
Life [Eb] didn't go [Dm] like you [Am] try,
But [F] it was worth [Eb] it by [Dm] your side.
And he drank, and he [E] died.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C]
This is [Em] what hippos do, this [F] is what otters do,
This is [C] what dinosaurs did, [Em] they hid, hid love.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ This is what [G] grown-ups do, this is what babies do,
This [C] is what giraffes do, they [G] find, [F] hid love.
This _ [C] _ [G] is what people do, what else can people do?
I [C] want to live beside you, [Em] and I, in _ love.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] Thank you.