Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong made famous by Five Man Electrical Band
Written by Les Emmerson

               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                            G
He said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think 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                 A
So, I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house..hey, what gives   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                                         A
If God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some kinda sinner.
CHORUS --> 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                                 D          
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat...  you ain`t supposed to be here.
C                     G                                           D                     G
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside..unnh!

#3.
D            C              G                                            D                               G
And the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
                          D                                                    A                  G                                        A    
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, 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 / OUTRO:
D                C
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign..

230512_2805-Signs.mp3 (2023)

Signs.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Inspired to cover this song on the day the Pope called-out Trump:
So the Pope jumped on the fence and yelled at the Donald,
“Hey! What gives you the right?”
“To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in”
“If God was here he’d tell you to your face, Man, you’re some kinda sinner”

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse