Signs:Five Man Electrical Band.
#3 in 1971.
INTRO: D D7sus D D7sus D D7sus D
#1.
C G D G
And the sign said long haired, freaky people, need not apply.
D A G A
So, I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why?
Bm G Bm
He said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think
G
you`ll do.
D A G A
So, I took off my hat..I said, imagine that..huh, me, workin for you.
CHORUS:
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D D7sus
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si....gn?
#2.
C G D G
And the sign said, anybody caught trespassing, would be shot on sight.
D A G
So, I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house..hey, what gives
A
you the right?..
Bm G Bm G
to put up a fence to keep me out..or to keep mother nature in?
D A G
If God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some
A
kinda sinner.
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CHORUS:
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si...gn?
BRIDGE:
A
Now, hey you, mister, can`t you read?
G D
You`ve got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
A Bm
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat..you ain`t supposed
D
to be here.
C G D
Sign said you got to have a membership card to
G
get inside..unnh!
#3.
D C G D G
And the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
D A
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
G A
I didn`t have a penny to pay.
Bm G Bm G
So, I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign.
D A
I said, thank you Lord, for thinking about me..
G A
I`m alive and doing fine.
CHORUS:
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si...gn?
OUTRO:
D C
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign..
D C
Sign, sign..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
