{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1013569,"song":"The Fence","artist":"Tim Minchin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1013569-the-fence-chords-by-tim-minchin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1013569?type=chord","rating":4.66074,"votes":45,"content":"From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGErC6QQdoc\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomewhere in your wardrobe I'd be willing to bet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere's a t-shirt probly bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara[/tab]\r\n\r\n(not sure on this little funky bit as I can't find a way to make it fit in with the\r\nsong, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------------|   x2\r\nA|-----------------------------|\r\nD|---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|\r\nE|---------3-------3-----------|\r\n(anyway, on with the show)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that[/tab]\r\n\r\n(funky bit)\r\n[tab][ch]Bb5[/ch]                           [ch]A5[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChe was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophooooobe    x2[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is my song in defence of the fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe more you know the harder you will find it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nTo make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou can't see which grass is greener[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nChances are it's neither and either way it's easier[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see the difference when you're sitting on the fence[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama[/tab]\r\n\r\n(funky town)\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's a lovely, funny fella, he gives sound bites galore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut let's not forget that back in Tibet those funky monks used to dick the poor yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n(funktaculous)\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Buddhist line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrising up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm taking a stand in defence of the fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe divide the world into terrorists and heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nInto normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nInto things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in[/tab]\r\nthe future\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe divide the world to stop us feeling frightened[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nInto wrong and into right and into black and into white and[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\ninto real men and fairies, into status quo and scary[/tab]\r\n                       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyeah we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords used:\r\n    (1)        (2)       (3)     (4)\r\ne|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|\r\nB|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|\r\nG|---0------|---0-----|---0----|--0------------------|\r\nA|---0------|---3-----|---2----|--1------------------|\r\nD|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|\r\nE|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nFingers for each note:\r\n    4          4         4       4\r\n               3         1       1\r\n    2          2         2       2\r\n\r\n         (1)                                (2)\r\nAnd your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\r\n         (3)                                (4)\r\nYea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\r\n         (1)                                (2)\r\nAnd your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\r\n     (3) -stop-\r\nWell so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius\r\n\r\n\r\nROCK! (no idea how this would work on an acoustic, but if you want you can hit an F for\r\na few bars while shaking your head around like a maniac)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm taking a stand in defence of the fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nInto atheists and fundies, into tee-tot'lers and junkies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nInto chemical and natural, into fictional and factual[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nInto science and supernatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black[/tab]\r\nyou'll be\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDividing us into terrorists and heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nInto normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nInto things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance that in the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe divide the world to stop us feeling frightened[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nInto wrong and into right and into black and into white and[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\ninto real men and fairies, into status quo and scary[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyeah we want the world binary, binary, 01001000![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe more you know the harder you will find it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nTo make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou can't see which grass is greener[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nChances are it's neither and either way it's easier[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see the difference when you're sitting on the fence[/tab]","plain_text":"From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGErC6QQdoc\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n(not sure on this little funky bit as I can't find a way to make it fit in with the\nsong, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(funky bit)\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n(funky town)\n\n\n\n(funktaculous)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe future\n\n\n\n                       F                        Eb       F\n\n\n\n\n\nFingers for each note:\n    4          4         4       4\n               3         1       1\n    2          2         2       2\n\n         (1)                                (2)\nAnd your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\n         (3)                                (4)\nYea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\n         (1)                                (2)\nAnd your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive\n     (3) -stop-\nWell so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius\n\n\nROCK! (no idea how this would work on an acoustic, but if you want you can hit an F for\na few bars while shaking your head around like a maniac)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyou'll be\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nEb  Bb  F  Eb\nEb  Bb  F","chords":["G","F","C","B","A","D","E","Bb5","A5","Bm","Eb","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}