• Song:

    Signs

  • Artist:

    Five Man Electrical Band

  • Album:

    Best Of Five Man Electr...

Signs:Five Man Electrical Band.
#3 in 1971.

INTRO: D D7sus4  D D7sus4  D D7sus4  D

#1.
        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)the sign said long haired, freaky people, need not apply.
      D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)                ASo, (x02220@1)I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why?
   Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)                    BmHe (x24432@1)said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think 
       Gyou`ll (320003@1)do.
      D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)            ASo, (x02220@1)I took off my hat..I said, imagine that..huh, me, workin for you.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)              
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
Gbreaking (320003@1)my mind.
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                      C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0213@1">D7sus4
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si....gn?

#2.
        C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)              GAnd (320003@1)the sign said, anybody caught trespassing, would be shot on sight.
      D (xx0232@1)                       A (x02220@1)                       GSo, (320003@1)I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house..hey, what gives 
        Ayou (x02220@1)the right?..
   Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)                Bm (x24432@1)               Gto (320003@1)put up a fence to keep me out..or to keep mother nature in?
   D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)                    GIf (320003@1)God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some 
      Akinda (x02220@1)sinner.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)              
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
Gbreaking (320003@1)my mind.
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                      C (x32010@1)     DDo (xx0232@1)this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si...gn?

BRIDGE:
     ANow, (x02220@1)hey you, mister, can`t you read?
       G (320003@1)                     DYou`ve (xx0232@1)got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
A (x02220@1)                                      Bm (x24432@1)          
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat..you ain`t supposed 
   Dto (xx0232@1)be here.
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                      DSign (xx0232@1)said you got to have a membership card to 
      Gget (320003@1)inside..unnh!

#3.
D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                GAnd (320003@1)the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
              D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1)       
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)I didn`t have a penny to pay.
      Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)                  GSo, (320003@1)I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign.
        D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)I said, thank you Lord, for thinking about me..
    G (320003@1)             AI`m (x02220@1)alive and doing fine.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)              
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
Gbreaking (320003@1)my mind.
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                      C (x32010@1)     DDo (xx0232@1)this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si...gn?

OUTRO:
D (xx0232@1)         CSign, (x32010@1)sign, everywhere a sign..
D (xx0232@1)        CSign, (x32010@1)sign..(Fade.)

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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