The Fence chords by Tim Minchin

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

C majorC
Somewhere in your wardrobe
    FF     C majorC
I'd be willing to bet
      Bb5Bb5
There's a t-shirt probably
         A augmentedA
Bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara

Tab - Riff:



E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

    C majorC
He was revolutionary
     FF      C majorC
Yeah, he wore a cool hat
   Bb5Bb5
But behind the design I think you might find
   A augmentedA
It's not quite as simple as that

Tab - Riff:

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

Bb5Bb5
Che was a bit of a homophobe
A augmentedA              C majorC
Che was a bit of a homophobe
Bb5Bb5
Che was a bit of a homophobe
A augmentedA
Che was a bit of a homophobe

      C majorC
This is my song
   G+G
In defence of the fence
Bb2
  A augmentedA little sing along
 FF
A augmentedA anthem to ambivalence
Bb2
The more you know
           FF
The harder you will find it
         C majorC
To make up your mind
                 G+G
It doesn't really matter if you find
               Bb2
You can't see which grass is greener
         FF
Chances are it's neither
          C majorC
And either way it's easier
       Bb2
To see the difference
       A augmentedA       C majorC
When you're sitting on the fence

C majorC
Somewhere in your house
    FF     C majorC
I'd be willing to bet
      Bb5Bb5
There's a picture of that grinning hippy
 A augmentedA
From Tibet - the Dalai Llama

Tab - Riff:

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

    C majorC
He's a lovely, funny fella
     FF      C majorC
He gets soundbites galore
   Bb5Bb5
But let's not forget that back in Tibet
    A augmentedA
Those funky monks used to dick the poor, yeah

Tab - Riff:

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

    Bb5Bb5
And the Buddhist line about future lives
    A augmentedA
Is the perfect way to stop
         C majorC
The powerless rising up
    Bb5Bb5
And he tells the poor they will live again
  A augmentedA
But he's rich now so it's easy for him to say

        C majorC
I'm taking the stand
   G+G
In defence of the fence
Bb2
  I got a little band
    FF
Playing anthems to ambivalence
  Bb2
We divide the world into
        FF
Terrorists and heroes
           C majorC
Into normal folk and weirdos
           G+G
Into good people and pedos
             Bb2
Into things that give you cancer
             FF
And the things that cure cancer
                 C majorC
And the things that don't cause cancer

But there's a chance

They will cause cancer in the future
  Bb2
We divide the world
           FF
To stop us feeling frightened
           C majorC
Into wrong and into right and
           G+G
Into black and into white and
          Bb2
Into real men and fairies
           FF
Into status quo and scary
            C majorC
Yeah we want the world binary, binary
     Bb5Bb5      A augmentedA
But it's not that simple

G5G5
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint
   F5F5
Than a four wheel drive
G5G5
Yeah, your dog has a bigger carbon footprint
  F5F5
Than a four wheel drive
G5G5
Yeah, your dog has a bigger carbon footprint
  F5F5
Than a four wheel drive
  G5G5
And so does your baby, maybe
You oughta trade him in for a Prius

Rock!

(F5F5 G5G5 G5G5 F5F5 G5G5)

Tab - Riff:

E MajorE|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3----------|
A augmentedA|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3----------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

(F5F5 G5G5 G5G5 F5F5 G5G5)

E MajorE|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3----------|
A augmentedA|----5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-3----------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

        C majorC
I'm taking the stand
   G+G
In defence of the fence
Bb2
  I got a little band
     FF
Playing tributes to ambivalence
  Bb2
We divide the world
          FF
Into liberals and gun-freaks
          C majorC
Into atheists and fundies
           G+G
Into teetotalers and junkies
         Bb2
Into chemical and natural
          FF
Into fictional and factual
           C majorC
Into science and supernatural

But it's actually naturally

Not that white and black

You'll be
 Bb2
Dividing us
           FF
Into terrorists and heroes
           C majorC
Into normal folk and weirdos
           G+G
Into good people and pedos
             Bb2
Into things that give you cancer
             FF
And the things that cure cancer
               C majorC
And things that don't cause cancer

But there's a chance

They will cause cancer in the future
  Bb2
We divide the world
           FF
To stop us feeling frightened
           C majorC
Into wrong and into right and
           G+G
Into black and into white and
          Bb2
Into real men and fairies
          FF
Into parrots and canaries
             C majorC
Yeah we want the world binary, binary

01001000

(Bb2 FF C majorC G+G)

  Bb2
The more you know
           FF
The harder you will find it
         C majorC
To make up your mind, it
               G+G
Doesn't really matter if you find
               Bb2
You can't see which grass is greener
         FF
Chances are it's neither
          C majorC
And either way it's easier
        Bb5Bb5
To see the difference
           A augmentedA
Cause it's not that simple