The Fence
Tim MinchinVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Somewhere in your wardrobe I'd be willing to bet
there's a t-shirt probly bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara
(not sure on this little funky bit as I can't find a way to make it fit in with the
song, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
A-----------------------------|
D---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|
E---------3-------3-----------|
(anyway, on with the show)
He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
but behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that
(funky bit)
Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophooooobe x2
This is my song in defence of the fence
A little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence
The more you know the harder you will find it
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
You can't see which grass is greener
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
Somewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet
there's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama
(funky town)
He's a lovely, funny fella, he does good stuff galore
but let's not forget that back in Tibet those funky monks used to dick the poor yeah
(funktaculous)
And the lime?] about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless
rising up
And he tells the poor they will live again, cos he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence
We divide the world into terrorists and heroes
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in
the future
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
yeah we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.
terrible hand diagram -> _||||
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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------------------|
Fingers for each note:
4 4 4 4
3 1 1
2 2 2 2
(1) (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(3) (4)
Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(1) (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(3) -stop-
Well so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius
ROCK! (no idea how this would work on an acoustic, but if you want you can hit an F for
a few bars while shaking your head around like a maniac)
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence
We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks
Into atheists and fundies, into tee-tot'lers and junkies
Into chemical and natural, into fictional and factual
Into science and supernatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black
you'll be
Dividing us into terrorists and heroes
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance that in the future
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
yeah we want the world binary, binary, 00 11 - 01!
The more you know the harder you will find it
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
You can't see which grass is greener
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
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Readable chord sheet for The Fence by Tim Minchin
[G]Somewhere in your wardrobe I'd be [G]willing to bet
there's a[F] t-shirt probly bearing the s[C]ilhouette of Che Guevara
(not sure on this little funky bit as I can't find a way to make it fit in with the
song, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
A-----------------------------|
D---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|
E---------3-------3-----------|
(anyway, on with the show)
He was [G]revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
but beh[F]ind the design I think you might find it's n[C]ot quite as simple as that
(funky bit)
[Bb5]Che was a bit of a homophobe, [A5]Che was a bit of a homophooooob[G]e x2
This is my s[G]ong in def[Bm]ence of the fence [C]
A little sing along, a [D]tribute to ambivalence
The [Eb]more you know the harder you will [Bb]find it
To make up your [F]mind it doesn't really matter if you fi[Eb]nd
You can't see which grass is gre[Eb]ener
Chances are it's [Bb]neither and either way it's [F]easier
To see the diffe[Eb]rence when you're [F]sitting on the f[G]ence
[G]Somewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet
there's a [F]picture of that grinning hippy f[C]rom Tibet - the Dalai Llama
(funky town)
He's a l[G]ovely, funny fella, he does good stuff galore
but [F]let's not forget that back in Tibet those f[C]unky monks used to dick the poor yeah
(funktaculous)
[Bb] [A]
And the [Buddhist s[G]lime?] about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless
rising up
[Bb] [A]
And he tells the [G]poor they will live again, cos he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
[Chrous]
I'm taking a [G]stand in def[Bm]ence of the fence [C]
I got a little b[C]and playing anthems to a[D]mbivalence
We di[Eb]vide the world into terrorists and [Bb]heroes
Into normal folk and [F]weirdos, into good people and [Eb]paedos
Into things that give you [Eb]cancer and the things that cu-ure [Bb]cancer
And the things that don't cause [F]cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in
the future
We div[Eb]ide the world to stop us feeling [Bb]frightened
Into wrong and into r[F]ight and into black and into [Eb]white and
into real men and [Eb]fairies, into status quo and [Bb]scary
[F] [Eb] [F]
yea[G]h we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.
terrible hand diagram -> _||||
01234
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------------------|
Fingers for each note:
4 4 4 4
3 1 1
2 2 2 2
(1) (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(3) (4)
Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(1) (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
(3) -stop-
Well so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius
ROCK! (no idea how this would work on an acoustic, but if you want you can hit an F for
a few bars while shaking your head around like a maniac)
I'm taking a s[G]tand in def[Bm]ence of the fence [C]
I got a little [C]band playing tributes to am[D]bivalence
We [Eb]divide the world into liberals and [Bb]gun-freaks
Into atheists and [F]fundies, into tee-tot'lers and j[Eb]unkies
Into chemical and [Eb]natural, into fictional and [Bb]factual
Into science and super[F]natural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black
you'll be
Di[Eb]viding us into terrorists and h[Bb]eroes
Into normal folk and [F]weirdos, into good people and p[Eb]aedos
Into things that give you c[Eb]ancer and the things that cu-ure c[Bb]ancer
And things that don't cause [F]cancer, but there's a chance that in the future
We div[Eb]ide the world to stop us feeling [Bb]frightened
Into wrong and into r[F]ight and into black and into [Eb]white and
into real men and [Eb]fairies, into status quo and [Bb]scary
yeah we want the world [F]binary, binary, 00 11 - 01!
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [Eb]
[Eb] [Bb] [F]
The [Eb]more you know the harder you will [Bb]find it
To make up your [F]mind it doesn't really matter if you fi[Eb]nd
You can't see which grass is gre[Eb]ener
Chances are it's [Bb]neither and either way it's [F]easier
To see the diffe[Eb]rence when you're [F]sitting on the f[G]ence