Biography:
Bear Hands are a textbook example of contrasting personalities uniting to craft something more than the sum of their parts. Vocalist/guitarist Dylan Rau, the Brooklyn-based quartet’s self-confessed musical Luddite (“I can’t read music, but that’s ok because I’m more of an ideas man,”) peppers his supersonic chatter with an infectious collection of witticisms. By contrast his songwriting partner, guitarist Ted Feldman, grew up playing the cello and carefully selects his answers, admitting to being “a bit of a control freak.”
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
2AM (Version 2)
Bear Hands
[VERSE 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
I would never ask you
Bb Eb C# Eb
To do something I wouldn't do
Bb Eb C# Eb
I could never lose you
Bb Eb C# Eb
At least I'd never choose to (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Going out's a drag now, all my spots have closed (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without much of a mess
Bb Eb C# Eb
And making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am...
[CHORUS 1]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb C# Eb Bb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed, nothing good happens past 2-A-M
(Riff 1)
[VERSE 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
Can't turn back it's too late
Bb Eb C# Eb
I saw you drink the Kool-Aid
Bb Eb C# Eb
But I don't want no undue
Bb Eb C# Eb
Attention coming from you (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Staying in at home, it's good enough for both us (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without hearing I told ya
Bb Eb C# Eb
Making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am
[CHORUS 2]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens
Bb Bb Bb Bb
past 2-A-M
[BRIDGE]
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I struggle to keep up with you
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I never could keep up with you
Ab Bb
Can we forget how old I am?
[CHORUS 3]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Twenty seven years young, don't make sense
Bb Ab Eb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens
C# Eb Bb
past 2-A-M
These are some of the riffs that are used.
Just a brief description of when they're used, but I hope you'll know when to play them.
Underneath is the timing in case you need help figuring out the rhythm for it.
Riff 1, used in the verses and bridge:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------5--5--6--7--8----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-a, used in the choruses:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------9--9--8--6-------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-b, used in the choruses:
*essentially just riff 2-a an octave higher*
e|---------16-16-15-13----------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 3, used in the choruses after riff 2:
e|---------8--------6---------------|
B|------------6--6------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 4, used in the second half of the bridge:
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6---------------6-------6-------6-------4-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---64---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6-----6---------6-------6-------6-------6-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---64---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Riff 5, after bridge, build-up to the chorus, lots of distortion:
e|------------18----18---------------|
B|---------18----18------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 6, in the final chorus at the "27 years young" line:
Bb C# Ab
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9---8---6-------|
G|-------------------------------------8-7-|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Bear Hands
[VERSE 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
I would never ask you
Bb Eb C# Eb
To do something I wouldn't do
Bb Eb C# Eb
I could never lose you
Bb Eb C# Eb
At least I'd never choose to (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Going out's a drag now, all my spots have closed (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without much of a mess
Bb Eb C# Eb
And making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am...
[CHORUS 1]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb C# Eb Bb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed, nothing good happens past 2-A-M
(Riff 1)
[VERSE 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
Can't turn back it's too late
Bb Eb C# Eb
I saw you drink the Kool-Aid
Bb Eb C# Eb
But I don't want no undue
Bb Eb C# Eb
Attention coming from you (Riff 1)
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Bb Eb C# Eb
All your friends are sober, yeah we're getting older
Bb Eb C# Eb
Staying in at home, it's good enough for both us (Riff 1)
Bb Eb C# Eb
And we can fantasize without hearing I told ya
Bb Eb C# Eb
Making love is fine, but all I want is to forget
Bb
How old I am
[CHORUS 2]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (Riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Short a couple dollars but I think he'll understand
Bb Ab Eb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens
Bb Bb Bb Bb
past 2-A-M
[BRIDGE]
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I struggle to keep up with you
C# Ebm F#
And what I thought was possible don't seem possible no more
C# Ebm F#
I never could keep up with you
Ab Bb
Can we forget how old I am?
[CHORUS 3]
(Bb)
(Can't remember anything else)
C# Ab
Nothing good happens past 2-A-M
Bb
I put the ball in your court (riff 2-a), text me back
C# Ab
I want a full report, I want cash in hand (Riff 3)
Bb
I'm still waiting for my man (Has he even left the house?)
C# Ab
Twenty seven years young, don't make sense
Bb Ab Eb
I put my best dress on (Riff 2-a) get back in bed (Riff 2-b), nothing good happens
C# Eb Bb
past 2-A-M
These are some of the riffs that are used.
Just a brief description of when they're used, but I hope you'll know when to play them.
Underneath is the timing in case you need help figuring out the rhythm for it.
Riff 1, used in the verses and bridge:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------5--5--6--7--8----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-a, used in the choruses:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------9--9--8--6-------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 2-b, used in the choruses:
*essentially just riff 2-a an octave higher*
e|---------16-16-15-13----------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 3, used in the choruses after riff 2:
e|---------8--------6---------------|
B|------------6--6------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 4, used in the second half of the bridge:
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6---------------6-------6-------6-------4-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---64---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C# Ebm F#
e|-------4---6-----------6-----6---------6-------6-------6-------6-|
B|-----6-------6-------7---64---------6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Riff 5, after bridge, build-up to the chorus, lots of distortion:
e|------------18----18---------------|
B|---------18----18------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Riff 6, in the final chorus at the "27 years young" line:
Bb C# Ab
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9---8---6-------|
G|-------------------------------------8-7-|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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