Signs chords by
Five Man Electrical Band
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Key: D major

Intro 1

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

D

D

Verse 1
Am Am 
 
And the sign said:
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
"Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
D D 
 
A A 
 
So I  tucked my hair up under my hat
G G 
 
A A 
 
and I went in to ask him why
Bm Bm 
 
He said, "You look like a fine,
G G 
 
upstanding, young man, I think you'll do"
D D 
 
So I took off my hat, I said,
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
"Imagine that, huh, me workin' for you?"

Chorus 1

D

C

G

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

D

G

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

D

A

C

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

D

D

Verse 2
Am Am 
 
And the sign said:
G G 
 
"Anybody caught trespassin'
D D 
 
G G 
 
would be shot on sight"
D D 
 
So I jumped on the fence
A A 
 
and I yelled at the house
G G 
 
A A 
 
"Hey, what gives you the right?"
Bm Bm 
 
"To put up a fence to keep me out
G G 
 
or to keep mother nature in"
D D 
 
A A 
 
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face,
G G 
 
A A 
 
man, you're some kind of sinner"

Chorus 2

D

C

G

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

D

G

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

D

A

C

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

D

Bridge 1
A A 
 
Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?
G G 
 
D D 
 
You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
A A 
 
You can't even watch, no, you can't eat
G G 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said you got to have a membership

Solo 1

card to get inside, ugh

D

C

G

D

G

D

A

C

D

D

Verse 3
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
And the sign said: "Everybody welcome,
D D 
 
G G 
 
come in, kneel down and pray"
D D 
 
But when they passed around the plate
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay
Bm Bm 
 
So I got me a pen and a paper
G G 
 
and I made up my own little sign
D D 
 
A A 
 
I said: "Thank you Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me,
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm alive and doin' fine"

Outro 1
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
D D 
 
G G 
 
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
D D 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Sign, sign
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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