Wouldn't you like to be a Bear?

By Bart Mendoza

© 2005 Original Tangent Music BMI

Chorus

D                   G                A          G

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

D                   G                A          G

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

Bm                          Bm/A

country bears have jamborees

Bm/G                   Bm/Fm

goldilocks bears come in threes

Bm                    Bm/A

pooh bears, they like honey bees

Bm/G          Bm/Fm

wouldn't you like to be a …

Em               A7             D

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

Verse

D                                 E7

laying in somebody's new mown grass

Gm7                 D

soaking up the sun

Bm                                     E7                Gm7

six months should be just enough time to

                               A7

get my hibernatin' done

Bm                                       E7

I could spend my days just wandering

Bm                                           E7

Scratch my back on some old tree

Bm                          E7

Dip a paw into the river

Gm7                              A7

And get my dinner for free

D                   G                A          G

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

D                   G                A          G

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

Bm                          Bm/A

country bears have jamborees

Bm/G                   Bm/Fm

goldilocks bears come in threes

Bm                    Bm/A

pooh bears, they like honey bees

Bm/G          Bm/Fm

wouldn't you like to be a …

Em               A7             D

wouldn't you like to be a bear?

Verse II

First Half (lead)

Winter’s cold but so much fun

Sliding down the hills

I could sleep the whole day through

And its likely that I will

Chorus

Out on jangle D G

The worlds a better place because they’re there

Wouldn’t you like to be a bear