{t:Oh Boy Do I Love Bears}
{st:Larry "Uncle Smoky" Clark (1982)}
{soc}
Oh [C]boy, do I love [F]bears,
You can [G]bet your life that I [C]do,
There ain't [C]nothin' anywhere like a [F]big, black bear
As long as [G]he's a mile away from [C]you! ↓ ↓ ↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 1}
Well the [C]first time I went campin'
Just a [F]knapsack on my back
I [G]hiked ten miles in to the bush with a buddy by the name of [C]Jack.
And old [C]Jack, he was an expert
He'd been [F]campin' for a whole lot of years
So [G]all we took was some fishin' gear, a skillet and a dozen [C]beers.
{c:verse 2}
Well the [C]day went great, went fishin' on the lake
And we [F]sure had a barrel of fun.
About [G]10 that night, just a little bit tight, frying fillets in the setting [C]sun.
Found a [C]patch of ground, and laid our sleeping bags down
And we [F]crawled in for the night.
Woke [G]up about three, staring down at me, was a shadow in the pale moon-[C]light...
{c:pre-chorus}
It was a [F]bear! A [G]great big mother of a [C]bear!
I was [C]up in a flash, I did the [F]ten-mile dash
and I [G]never, ever went back [C]there!
{soc}
Oh [C]boy, do I love [F]bears,
You can [G]bet your life that I [C]do,
There ain't [C]nothin' anywhere like a [F]big, black bear
As long as [G]he's a mile away from [C]you! ↓ ↓ ↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 3}
Well the [C]next time I went campin'
Took my [F]brand new, water-proof tent
to a [G]campground full of people, about the nicest place I ever [C]went
Had a [C]cooler full of steaks and things
And a-[F]nother one full of beer
Had [G]plenty to eat had plenty to drink, I could have stayed there for a [C]year
{c:verse 4}
About [C]two o'clock in the afternoon
I [F]strolled down to the lake
I met a [G]girl named Jan with a deep brown tan, oh boy that was a [C]break
By [C]ten that night we were snuggled up nice
And the [F]tent was zipped up tight
I woke [G]up about three, staring down at me, was a shadow in the pale moon [C]light...
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There was a great big hole in my brand new tent...
{c:pre-chorus}
It was a [F]bear! A [G]great big mother of a [C]bear!
I was [C]up in a flash, I did the [F]100-mile dash
and I [G]never, ever went back [C]there!
{soc}
Oh [C]boy, do I love [F]bears,
You can [G]bet your life that I [C]do,
There ain't [C]nothin' anywhere like a [F]big, black bear
As long as [G]he's a mile away from [C]you! ↓ ↓ ↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 5}
Well the [C]last time I went campin'
I was in-[F]vited by a friend called Jake
to a [G]great, big, bear-proof cabin on a hill over-looking a [C]lake
We had [C]booze and girls and a fireplace
And [F]music that could turn you on
We had [G]everything that a man could need except we didn't have an in-door [C]john
{c:verse 6}
Well [C]late that night my stomach didn't feel right
And I [F]knew that I had to go
Down the [G]winding path to the little out-house about 60 yards or [C]so
Well my [C]knees were knockin', but I just kept walkin'
And I [F]made it to the place alright
When I [G]finished my chore and opened the door there was a shadow in the pale moon [C]light...
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I didn't even have time to buckle my belt!
{c:pre-chorus}
It was a [F]bear! ↓ ↓ ↓
A [G]great big mother of a [C]bear!
Soon I was [C]runnin' through the trees with my [F]pants around my knees
And I [G]never, ever went back [C]there!
{soc}
Oh [C]boy, do I love [F]bears,
You can [G]bet your life that I [C]do,
Ain't [C]nothin' anywhere like a [F]big, black bear
As long as [G]he's a mile away from [C]you! ↓ ↓ ↓
Oh [C]boy, do I love [F]bears,
You can [G]bet your life that I [C]do,
Ain't [C]nothin' anywhere like a [F]big, black bear
As long as [G]he's a mile away from [C]↓you! [G]↓ [C]↓
{eoc}
