This is how I hear the song.
The ()truth comes out as the fire burns low
It ()comes to light as only embers glow
The ()whisky talks, the west wind moans in the ()night ()
The ()deadfall is gathered and the branches are cut
The ()kindling crackles as the smoke curls up
The ()small sticks catch than the bigger stuff will ()burn ()
()Chinook dies down as the dark decends
The ()pine has burned and the ashes cleansed
The ()message smoulders, its lost but finally ()sent ()
()Connie said she s never seen the cougars so bold
They re ()coming in the yard and their stealing young colts
And they ()drag em in the bush with their claws sunk in their ()nose ()
The ()weather s been funny 30 years or so
The ()winters got warm, with not as much snow
Hear the ()big cats coming cause there s no where left to ()go ()
You gotta ()look out for bear when your fishin on Lee s Creek
They ll ()come round the bend and they ll make you re knees weak
There s ()grizzly s where there were no grizzly bears ()before. ()
()Half heard voices of the ghosts from the graves
The ()grandfathers tell us at the mouths of the caves
Only ()old chiefs older than Jesus can save us ()now, ()If we re lucky
The ()white man light a big fire stay cold,
The ()red man s warmer but the old man s old
Now the ()antelope seeks the buffalo in the (Am)night,
Yeah the ()antelope mourns the buffalo in the ()night ()
Chorus (You gotta look out for bear) Same chords as through the song (, , , , )
The (Am)truth comes out as the fire burns low,
It (G)comes to light as only embers glow
The (F)antelope mourns the buffalo in the (Am)night.