Signs by Five Man Electrical Band

Intro

Drum and guitar solo

A7

D

Dsus⁴

D

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Verse 1

                    
                    And the 
                  
                    Am/C
                  
                    sign said 
                  
                    G/B
                  
                    "Long-haired freaky people
                  
                    D/A
                  
                     Need not ap-
                  
                    G
                  
                    ply"
                  
                    So I 
                  
                    D
                  
                    tucked my hair up 
                  
                    A
                  
                    under my hat And I 
                  
                    G
                  
                    went in to ask him 
                  
                    A
                  
                    why
                  
                    He said,
                  
                    Bm
                  
                     "You look like a 
                  
                    Bm
                  
                    fine upstandin' young 
                  
                    G
                  
                    man I think you'll 
                  
                    G
                  
                    do"
                  
                    So I 
                  
                    D
                  
                    took off my hat and said, "Im-
                  
                    A
                  
                    agine that, Huh, 
                  
                    G
                  
                    me workin' for 
                  
                    A
                  
                    you" -- whoa

Chorus

D

Sign,

D

sign

C

Everywhere a

G

sign,

D

Blockin' out the

D

scenery

G

Breakin'

Gsus⁴

my

G

mind

D

Do this,

D

don't do

A

that Can't you

A

read the

Cadd9

sign

C

?

D

Dsus⁴

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Dsus⁴

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Dsus⁴

D

Verse 2

                    
                    And the 
                  
                    Am/C
                  
                    sign said "Anybody 
                  
                    G/B
                  
                    caught trespassin'
                  
                    D/A
                  
                     Will be shot on 
                  
                    G
                  
                    sight"
                  
                    So I 
                  
                    D
                  
                    jumped on the fence and I 
                  
                    A
                  
                    yelled at the house "Hey! 
                  
                    G
                  
                    What gives you the 
                  
                    A
                  
                    right
                  
                    To 
                  
                    Bm
                  
                    put up a fence to 
                  
                    Bm
                  
                    keep me out But to 
                  
                    G
                  
                    keep Mother Nature 
                  
                    G
                  
                    in?
                  
                    If 
                  
                    D
                  
                    God was here, he'd 
                  
                    A
                  
                    tell you to your face 
                  
                    G
                  
                    'Man, you're some kind of 
                  
                    A
                  
                    sinner'"

Chorus

D

Sign,

D

sign

C

Everywhere a

G

sign,

D

Blockin' out the

D

scenery

G

Breakin'

Gsus⁴

my

G

mind

D

Do this,

D

don't do

A

that Can't you

A

read the

Cadd9

sign

C

?

d d . d . d . d . f# . g . g# a

Bridge

Now,

A

hey you, mister,

A

can't you read? You

G

got to have a shirt and

D

tie to get a seat

You

D

can't even watch, no,

A

you can't eat

G

You ain't supposed to

D

be here

Dsus⁴

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Dsus⁴

D

Verse 3

The

Am/C

sign said, "You've

G/B

got to have a membership

D/A

card To get

G

inside" (uhh)

Guitar solo (chorus)

D

C

G

D

G

D

A

Cadd9

C

D

Dsus⁴

D

Dsus⁴

D

Dsus⁴

D

Verse 4

                    
                    And the 
                  
                    Am/C
                  
                    sign said "
                  
                    G/B
                  
                    Everybody welcome Come 
                  
                    D/A
                  
                    in, kneel down and 
                  
                    G
                  
                    pray"
                  
                    But when they 
                  
                    D
                  
                    passed around the plate at the 
                  
                    A
                  
                    end of it all I 
                  
                    G
                  
                    didn't have a penny to 
                  
                    A
                  
                    pay
                  
                    So I 
                  
                    Bm
                  
                    got me a pen and a 
                  
                    Bm
                  
                    paper And I 
                  
                    G
                  
                    made up my own little 
                  
                    G
                  
                    sign
                  
                    I said, 
                  
                    D
                  
                    "Thank you, Lord, for 
                  
                    A
                  
                    thinkin' 'bout me I'm a-
                  
                    G
                  
                    live and doin' 
                  
                    A
                  
                    fine" Woo!

Chorus

D

Sign,

D

sign

C

Everywhere a

G

sign,

D

Blockin' out the

D

scenery

G

Breakin'

Gsus⁴

my

G

mind

D

Do this,

D

don't do

A

that Can't you

A

read the

Cadd9

sign

C

?

Chorus repeats with guitar solo, and fades