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1. And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply !"
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So I tucked my hair up under
my hat, and I went in to ask him why.
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G
He said ,"You
look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think you'll do",
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so I
took off my hat and said "Imagine that ! Heh, me
workin' for you !"
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C
G
Whoa, sign, sign, everywhere a sign,
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blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind !
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- D
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign ?
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2. And the sign said anybody caught trespassin'
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G
would
be shot on sight,
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so I
jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house,
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"Hey, what gives you the right
?
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You put up a fence to keep me
out or to keep Mother Nature in,
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if
God was here he'd tell you to your face,
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"Man you're some kind of
sinner!"
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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign,
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blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind !
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Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign ?
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+ Now, hey, you, mister
can't you read ?
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You gotta
have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
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You can't even watch, no, you
can't even eat,
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you ain't supposed to be he....re.
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G D G
Sign said you got to have a membership
card to get inside. Uh !
+ instrumental = CHORUS
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3. And the sign said, "Everybody welcome,
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come
in, kneel down and pray."
D A
But when they passed around
the plate at the end of it all,
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I didn't have a penny to pay.
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G
So I got me a pen and a paper,
and I made up my own little sign,
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A
I said "Thank you Lord for thinkin' about me, I'm alive and doin'
fine !"
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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign,
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blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind !
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Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign ?
+ instrumental = CHORUS ….
(Five Man Electric Band)