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Well, I'd like to do a song now that I didn't write it with you, Mark.
I didn't write it with you, Gretchen.
I wrote it, I [D] guess, [F#] by divine intervention.
I don't know.
But it was out of desperation.
But I'd really want to sing this song for you because it's a good example that songwriters do [Em] intentionally,
sometimes, write songs that have absolutely no way of ever making a dime.
They're absolutely guaranteed and they try as hard as they can to write this song.
Knowing full well they will reap no rewards in this world.
But it has to do with [A] [F#m] a [G] dare that I was given, in a sense.
I was a den leader for several years [B] for my sons, well, my number two and three sons,
and helped out on my number one son, his den, for a little bit.
We carved a few things.
But the other guys, I actually was the head honcho.
I was the big guy, the big blue and gold guy that they all looked up to
because they didn't know any better.
Because I told them to.
Just because.
Yeah, just because.
But it was a funny thing to me that I would ever do that.
And my sons flattered me thinking that they would follow me around in that uniform
and do all the things I tried to help them with and teach.
But one year, if all of you are familiar, I'm sure all of you are familiar with the Cub Scouts of America.
They were formed in 1930, you know, following the Boy Scouts.
[E] And at these PAC meetings, which are the monthly meetings, not the weekly meetings, that I was the boss, there's a bigger boss.
And that guy or gal [A] brings all the little dens together into what they call the big PAC.
And I, being kind of a musical guy, was always requested to lead the song.
There was always a big song.
And every year at the Blue and Gold Banquet, my guys and I, we would sing,
The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
[G#] And it had been written, it had a new lyric, you know, that some housewife, or [E] I don't know, she might have been an attorney.
[D] [E] But it was about the lamest lyric I'd ever heard, and really the PAC turned on me.
And they said, we don't ever want to hear that song again, and I'll never forget the day at the last PAC meeting,
prior to the Blue and Gold Banquet, Judy Beetle from Den One walked right up to me.
All five foot two of her, and she said, Richard, you're a professional songwriter, aren't you?
And I said, yes, why, yes, why do you ask?
And she said, well, we've all gotten together, and they've sent me over as a representative to tell you they're sick of The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
And they said, we want you to write a song for that, for next month.
And I said, oh my lord, to myself, [N] how do you write a song about the Cub Scouts?
I mean, that is not exactly the hookiest thing I've ever heard.
But all the little blue and gold guys that were about that big were crowding in on me really closely,
because they knew Judy Beetle was big, Den One, I mean, it was big.
And they all crowded around, and she said, will you do this?
And they all looked up their little shining faces up at me, and I looked back at them, and I knew what they were thinking, the motto.
The motto.
I said, I'll do my best.
So I [E] went home, and I [B] thought, I'm really in trouble now.
And I went into the bathroom, the only place [Em] that I could find any peace, and [A] I [Em] took a beer in there with me, and I started to kind of relax.
This is getting thick, man.
And I thought, I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble big time, [A] but I am going to give this everything I've got.
And I'm going to show them that Den Three can really knock this out.
We did have this song at our next PAC meeting, and it's a blue and gold banquet I'll never forget.
And I like to sing it now for my sons, and all the sons that I had the privilege to work with, friends of mine, they all were great kids.
And this is a little mythological treatment of the birth of Cub Scouting.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] Many years ago, [D] on this very night, [A] some people gathered round [E] a campfire [B] light.
[A] Everyone was saying [D] the world was in a mess, not enough people [E] trying to do [A] their best.
So [D] they took a little blue, and they took a little gold, [Bm] and they took a little boy [A] about nine years old, and turned him around, and [C#] lo and [F#m] behold, [B] that's how it [Bm] came about.
The night they made the first [A] Cub Scout.
[D] [A]
[D] Now [A] they come in every size, they [D] come in every shape, and [A] everywhere they are, [B] the world's a better place.
[A] Every bobcat and bear, [D] wolf and weebelo, remembers that night [B] many years ago.
[D] When they took a little blue, [A] and they took a little gold, [Bm] and they took a little boy about [A] nine years [D] old, and turned him around, and lo and [F#m] behold, [B] that's [Bm] how it came about.
The night they made the first Cub [A] Scout.
Oh, they [D] took a little blue, and [A] they took a little gold, and [Bm] they took a little boy about [A] nine years old, and [D] turned him around, and [C#] lo and [F#m] behold, [B] that's how it came [Bm] about.
The night they [E] made the first Cub [A] Scout.
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_ _ _ Well, I'd like to _ do a song now that _ _ _ I didn't write it with you, Mark.
I didn't write it with you, Gretchen.
I wrote it, _ I _ [D] guess, [F#] _ by divine intervention.
I don't know.
But it was out of desperation.
_ But I'd really want to sing this song for you because it's a good example that _ _ songwriters do _ [Em] intentionally,
sometimes, write songs that have absolutely no way of ever making a dime. _
They're absolutely guaranteed and they try as hard as they can to write this song.
Knowing full well they will reap no rewards in this world. _
But it has to do with [A] _ [F#m] a [G] dare that I was given, in a sense.
I was _ a den leader for several years [B] for my _ sons, well, my number two and three sons, _
_ and helped out on my number one son, his den, for a little bit.
We carved a few things.
But the other guys, I actually was the head honcho.
I was the big guy, the big blue and gold guy that _ _ they all looked up to _ _
because they didn't know any better.
Because I told them to. _ _ _ _
Just because.
Yeah, just because.
But it was _ a funny thing to _ me that I would ever do that.
And my sons flattered me thinking that they would _ follow me around in that uniform
and do all the things I _ tried to help them with and teach.
But one year, if all of you are familiar, _ I'm sure all of you are familiar with the Cub Scouts of America.
They were formed in 1930, you know, following the Boy Scouts. _
[E] And at these PAC meetings, which are the monthly meetings, not the weekly meetings, that I was the boss, there's a bigger boss. _ _
And that guy or gal [A] brings all the little dens together into what they call the big PAC.
And I, being kind of a musical guy, was always requested to lead the song.
There was always a big song.
_ And every year at the Blue and Gold Banquet, my guys and I, we would _ sing,
The Bear Came Over the Mountain. _
[G#] _ And it had been written, it had a new lyric, you know, that some housewife, or [E] _ I don't know, she might have been an attorney.
[D] _ _ [E] But it was _ about the lamest lyric I'd ever heard, and really the PAC turned on me.
_ _ _ _ And they said, we don't ever want to hear that song again, and I'll never forget the day _ at the _ last _ PAC meeting,
prior to the Blue and Gold Banquet, Judy Beetle from Den One walked right up to me.
_ _ _ All five foot two of her, and she said, Richard, you're a professional songwriter, aren't you?
And I said, yes, why, yes, why do you ask?
And she said, well, we've all gotten together, and _ _ they've sent me over as a representative to tell you they're sick of The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
_ _ And they said, we want you to write a song for that, for next month.
And I said, oh my lord, to myself, [N] how do you write a song about the Cub Scouts?
I mean, that is not exactly the hookiest thing I've ever heard.
_ _ _ _ But all the little blue and gold guys that were about that big were crowding in on me really closely,
because they knew Judy Beetle was big, Den One, I mean, it was big. _ _
_ _ And they all crowded around, and she said, will you do this?
And they all looked up their little shining faces up at me, and I looked back at them, and I knew what they were thinking, the motto.
The motto.
I said, I'll do my best.
_ _ _ So I [E] went home, _ _ _ and I _ [B] thought, I'm really in trouble now.
And I went into the bathroom, the only place [Em] that I could find any peace, and [A] I _ [Em] took a beer in there with me, and I started to kind of _ relax.
This is getting thick, man.
And I thought, I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble big time, [A] but I am going to give this everything _ I've got.
And I'm going to show them that Den Three can really knock this out.
We did have this song at our next PAC meeting, and it's a blue and gold banquet I'll never forget.
And I like to sing it now for my sons, and all the sons that I had the privilege to work with, friends of mine, they all were great kids.
And this is a little mythological treatment of the birth of Cub Scouting. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Many years ago, [D] on this very night, [A] some people gathered round [E] a campfire [B] light.
[A] Everyone was saying [D] the world was in a mess, not enough people [E] trying to do [A] their best.
So [D] they took a little blue, and they took a little gold, [Bm] and they took a little boy [A] about nine years old, and turned him around, and [C#] lo and [F#m] behold, _ _ [B] that's how it [Bm] came about. _ _
The night they made the first [A] Cub Scout. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Now [A] they come in every size, they [D] come in every shape, and [A] everywhere they are, [B] the world's a better place.
[A] Every bobcat and bear, [D] wolf and weebelo, remembers that night [B] many years ago.
[D] When they took a little blue, [A] and they took a little gold, [Bm] and they took a little boy about [A] nine years [D] old, and turned him around, and lo and [F#m] behold, _ _ _ [B] that's [Bm] how it came about. _ _
The night they made the first Cub [A] Scout.
Oh, they [D] took a little blue, and [A] they took a little gold, and [Bm] they took a little boy about [A] nine years old, and [D] turned him around, and [C#] lo and [F#m] behold, _ _ _ [B] that's how it came [Bm] about. _
_ _ The night they [E] made the first _ Cub _ _ [A] Scout. _ _