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Should I run or should I stand? It's an old debate
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'Cause sometimes it's a bluff charge, and sometimes it ain't.
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Can they run down hill? Can they climb a tree?
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Maybe that's just black bears, I can't remember, hmm, let's see!
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Should I shut up or should I shout And maybe try and scare him off?
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Or will pretty much most anything I do just piss him off?
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In the end it doesn't matter What you choose to do of course
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When 800 pounds of Grizzly Bear Outruns a Quarter Horse
[Chorus]
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Well them old grizzly blues
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Got me kinda confused
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As to just what to do
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About them bears.
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Yeah them old Grizzly blues
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Got some conflicting views
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And not too much good news
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About them bears.
[Verse 2]
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Well I think I read it someplace, 'They kill only what they eat'
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So I fumbled through that guidebook Just how often do they eat meat?
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Somebody find some matches, Let's do a study of some kind.
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We'll make it scientific, And let's see what we can find.
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Cause he looks almost friendly, With that Easy Amblin' Gait.
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But when he decides he's hungry it makes me wanna hibernate!
[Verse 3]
A
Well them old grizzly blues
G
Got me kinda confused
A
As to just what to do
G
About them bears.
A
Yeah them old Grizzly blues
G
Got some conflicting views
F D#
And not too much good news
C# F#
About them bears.
[Verse 4]
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We've all heard that old chesnut, You don't outrun the Grizz'
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You just outrun your slowest Buddy, Whoever that guy is.
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That cub you found's Adorable He' cute yes I agree.
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There's only one thing missing And that's Mama, where is she?
[Solo]
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[Bridge]
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They'll dig up them horses They smell 20 Miles away.
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Tommy* Said it happened On the ranch, Just this way.
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Now I'm all for conservation I said protect the kitchen sink
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But this bear don't seem endangered, It might be me that goes extinct!
[Chorus]
A
Well them old grizzly blues
G
Got me kinda confused
A
As to just what to do
G
About them bears.
A
Yeah them old Grizzly blues
G
Got some conflicting views
F D#
And not too much good news
C# F#
About them bears.