The Fence
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[Verse 1]
GSomewhere in your wardrobe I'd be Gwilling to bet
there's a Ft-shirt probly bearing the sCilhouette of Che Guevara
song, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------|
D|---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|
E|---------3-------3-----------|
(anyway, on with the show)
He was Grevolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
but behFind the design I think you might find it's nCot quite as simple as that
Bb5Che was a bit of a homophobe, A5Che was a bit of a homophooooobGe x2
[Chorus]
This is my sGong in defBmence of the fenceC
A little sing along, a Dtribute to ambivalence
The Ebmore you know the harder you will Bbfind it
To make up your Fmind it doesn't really matter if you fiEbnd
You can't see which grass is greEbener
Chances are it's Bbneither and either way it's Feasier
To see the diffeEbrence when you're Fsitting on the fGence
[Verse 2]
GSomewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet
there's a Fpicture of that grinning hippy fCrom Tibet - the Dalai Llama
He's a lGovely, funny fella, he gives sound bites galore
but Flet's not forget that back in Tibet those fCunky monks used to dick the poor yeah
And the BBbuddhist line about futuAre lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless
rGising up
And he tBbells the poor they will liAve again, but he's rich now Gso it's easy for him to say
[Chorus]
I'm taking a Gstand in defBmence of the fenceC
I got a little bCand playing anthems to aDmbivalence
We diEbvide the world into terrorists and Bbheroes
Into normal folk and Fweirdos, into good people and Ebpaedos
Into things that give you Ebcancer and the things that cu-ure Bbcancer
And the things that don't cause Fcancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in
the future
We divEbide the world to stop us feeling Bbfrightened
Into wrong and into rFight and into black and into Ebwhite and
into real men and Ebfairies, into status quo and Bbscary
F Eb F
yeaGh we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.
Chords used:
(1) (2) (3) (4)
e|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
B|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|
G|---0------|---0-----|---0----|--0------------------|
A|---0------|---3-----|---2----|--1------------------|
D|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
E|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|
[Chorus]
I'm taking a sGtand in defBmence of the fenceC
I got a little Cband playing tributes to amDbivalence
We Ebdivide the world into liberals and Bbgun-freaks
Into atheists and Ffundies, into tee-tot'lers and jEbunkies
Into chemical and Ebnatural, into fictional and Bbfactual
Into science and superFnatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black
you'll be
DiEbviding us into terrorists and hBberoes
Into normal folk and Fweirdos, into good people and pEbaedos
Into things that give you cEbancer and the things that cu-ure cBbancer
And things that don't cause Fcancer, but there's a chance that in the future
We divEbide the world to stop us feeling Bbfrightened
Into wrong and into rFight and into black and into Ebwhite and
into real men and Ebfairies, into status quo and Bbscary
yeah we want the world Fbinary, binary, 01001000!
[Interlude]
Eb Bb F Eb
Eb Bb F
The Ebmore you know the harder you will Bbfind it
To make up your Fmind it doesn't really matter if you fiEbnd
You can't see which grass is greEbener
Chances are it's Bbneither and either way it's Feasier
To see the diffeEbrence when you're Fsitting on the fGence
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The Fence
by Tim Minchin
Chords in this song · guitar
G
F
C
Bb5
A5
Bm
D
Eb
Bb
A
[Verse 1]
G G
Somewhere in your wardrobe I'd be willing to bet
F C
there's a t-shirt probly bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara
song, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------|
D|---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|
E|---------3-------3-----------|
(anyway, on with the show)
G
He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
F C
but behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that
Bb5 A5 G
Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophooooobe x2
[Chorus]
G Bm C
This is my song in defence of the fence
D
A little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence
Eb Bb
The more you know the harder you will find it
F Eb
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
Eb
You can't see which grass is greener
Bb F
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
Eb F G
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
[Verse 2]
G
Somewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet
F C
there's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama
G
He's a lovely, funny fella, he gives sound bites galore
F C
but let's not forget that back in Tibet those funky monks used to dick the poor yeah
Bb A
And the Buddhist line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless
G
rising up
Bb A G
And he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
[Chorus]
G Bm C
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
C D
I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence
Eb Bb
We divide the world into terrorists and heroes
F Eb
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
Eb Bb
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
F
And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in
the future
Eb Bb
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
F Eb
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
Eb Bb
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
F Eb F
G
yeah we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.
Chords used:
(1) (2) (3) (4)
e|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
B|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|
G|---0------|---0-----|---0----|--0------------------|
A|---0------|---3-----|---2----|--1------------------|
D|---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
E|---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|
[Chorus]
G Bm C
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
C D
I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence
Eb Bb
We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks
F Eb
Into atheists and fundies, into tee-tot'lers and junkies
Eb Bb
Into chemical and natural, into fictional and factual
F
Into science and supernatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black
you'll be
Eb Bb
Dividing us into terrorists and heroes
F Eb
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
Eb Bb
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
F
And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance that in the future
Eb Bb
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
F Eb
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
Eb Bb
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
F
yeah we want the world binary, binary, 01001000!
[Interlude]
Eb Bb F Eb
Eb Bb F
Eb Bb
The more you know the harder you will find it
F Eb
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
Eb
You can't see which grass is greener
Bb F
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
Eb F G
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
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