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the fence easy guitar chords by
Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin

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Verse 1
G

Somewhere in your wardrobe,

I'd be willing to bet
F
Dm

There's a t- shirt probably bearing
D
C
G
E
G

the silhouette of Che Guevara

He was revolutionary, yeah,

he wore a cool hat
F
D

But behind the design I think you might find
C
G
E
G
E
G

it's not quite as simple as that
Bb
D

Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was
G

a bit of a homophobe, apparently
Bb
D

Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che
G

was a bit of a homophobe

This is my song in defence
Bm
C

of the fence

A little sing along,
D

a anthem to ambivalence
Eb

The more you know,
Bb

the harder you will find it
F

To make up your mind, it,
Eb

doesn't really matter if you find

You can't see which

grass is greener
Bb

Chances are it's neither,
F

and either way it's easier
Eb

To see the difference,
F
G

when you're sitting on the fence

Somewhere in your house,

I'd be willing to bet
Bb
C

There's a picture of that grinning hippy
G
E
C

from Tibet - the Dalai Llama
G

He's a lovely, funny fella,

he gives soundbites galore
F
Dm
D

But let's not forget that back in Tibet,
C
G
E
G
E

those funky monks used to dick the poor, yeah
G
Bb

And the Buddhist line about future lives is the
D
G

perfect way to stop the powerless rising up
Bb

And he tells the poor they will live again,
D
G

but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
D
G

I'm taking the stand in
Bm
C

defence of the fence

I got a little band playing
D

anthems to ambivalence
Eb

We divide the world into
Bb

terrorists and heroes
F

Into normal folk and weirdos
Eb

Into good people and pedos

Into things that give you cancer and
Bb

the things that cure cancer
F

And the things that don't cause cancer,

but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future
Eb

We di vide the world to stop
Bb

us feeling frightened
F

Into wrong and into right and
Eb

Into black and into white and

Into real men and fairies
Bb

Into status quo and scary
F

Yeah we want the world binary, binary
Eb
D
G

But it's not that simple.
Gm

And your dog has a bigger carbon
G

footprint than a four wheel drive
Fbdim

Yea your dog has a bigger carbon
Eb

footprint than a four wheel drive
Gm

And your dog has a bigger carbon
F
G

footprint than a four wheel drive
C

And so does your baby,
G

maybe you oughta trade him in for a Prius
F
G
C
D
G
C
G

Rock!
F
C
G

I'm taking the stand in
Bm

defence of the fence
C

I got a little band playing
D

tributes to ambivalence
Eb

We divide the world into
Bb

liberals and gun- freaks
F

Into atheists and fundies
Eb

Into tee- tot'lers and junkies

Into chemical and natural
Bb

Into fictional and factual
F

Into science and supernatural

But it's actually naturally not
Eb
Cm

that white and black
F

You'll be
Eb
Bb

Dividing us into terrorists and heroes
F

Into normal folk and weirdos
Eb

Into good people and pedos

Into things that give you cancer
Bb

and the things that cure cancer
F

And things that don't cause cancer,

but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future
Eb

We divide the world to stop
Bb

us feeling frightened
F

Into wrong and into right and
Eb

Into black and into white and

Into real men and fairies
Bb

Into parrots and canaries
F

Yeah we want the world binary,

binary - 0100100!
Eb
Bb
F

The
Eb
Bb
F

Eb

more you know,
Bb

the harder you will find it
F

To make up your mind,
Eb

it doesn't really matter if you find

You can't see which

grass is greener
Bb

Chances are it's neither,

and either way it's easier
F

To see the difference when
Eb

you're sitting on the fence
Outro 1

Cause it's not that simple... Maybe...
Eb


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  • Dm

  • D

  • C

  • E

  • Bb

  • Bm

    2
  • Eb

    6
  • Gm

    3
  • Fbdim

  • Cm

    3

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