Biography:
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hello CD of the Month Club in 1994.
Their full-length debut album Old Liquidator was released in 1995, and the Minus 5's lineup consisted of McCaughey
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[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C
The family garden is a special place
Em
In sun and shade there, I was raised
C F
But voices fade away and rooms are rearranged
C Bb Gm C
Now I'm the family gardener
[Verse]
You need a stethoscope and a good good rake
Em
Some beer for snails and a rope for snakes
C Cm Dm F
A flowerbed to fall in as the moonlight breaks
C Bb C
When you're the family gardener
Em F
And I'm the family gardener
[Bridge]
C
As I look down with my two eyes and my two green thumbs
Am Ab
I despise the people who walk on the green green grass
C D
I grew with my watered love
[Instrumental]
G Bb C
[Verse]
Now some other son sleeps in the southern wing
Bm Em C
And someone else's mother sits to paint the pastoral scene
Dm F
My father always said that I would never amount to anything
C Bb C
But I'm the family gardener
Ab Am
I'm the family gardener
F C G C
I'm the family gardener
[Ending]
C
C
[Verse]
C
The family garden is a special place
Em
In sun and shade there, I was raised
C F
But voices fade away and rooms are rearranged
C Bb Gm C
Now I'm the family gardener
[Verse]
You need a stethoscope and a good good rake
Em
Some beer for snails and a rope for snakes
C Cm Dm F
A flowerbed to fall in as the moonlight breaks
C Bb C
When you're the family gardener
Em F
And I'm the family gardener
[Bridge]
C
As I look down with my two eyes and my two green thumbs
Am Ab
I despise the people who walk on the green green grass
C D
I grew with my watered love
[Instrumental]
G Bb C
[Verse]
Now some other son sleeps in the southern wing
Bm Em C
And someone else's mother sits to paint the pastoral scene
Dm F
My father always said that I would never amount to anything
C Bb C
But I'm the family gardener
Ab Am
I'm the family gardener
F C G C
I'm the family gardener
[Ending]
C
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The Mob
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The Moms
The Monarchs
the Mongols
The Moniker
The Monkery