Biografía:
The Five Man Electrical Band was a rock group from Canada's capital city of Ottawa, best known for their 1971 hit "Signs".
The group consisted of Les Emmerson, Brian Rading, Ted Gerow, Mike Belanger and Rick Belanger. Originally recording and touring as The Staccatos, they chose the title of their second album (1969) as the new name for the band.
In 1969, the band recorded "Moonshine (Friend of Mine)" for an unsuccessful movie The Moonshine War starring Alan Alda.
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Signs- Five Man Electrical Band
[Intro]
D D7sus D D7sus D D7sus D
[Verse 1]
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
He said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think
G
you`ll do.
D A G A
So, I took off my hat and 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 sign?
[Verse 2]
C G D G
And the sign said, anybody caught trespassing, would be shot on sight.
D A G
So, I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house hey, what gives
A
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
If God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some
A
kinda sinner.
[Chorus]
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that can`t you read the sign?
[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
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat you ain't supposed
D
to be here.
C G D
Sign said you got to have a membership card to
G
get inside..uh!
[Verse 3]
D C G D G
And the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
D A
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
G A
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]
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the sign?
[Outro]
D C
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.
D C
Sign, sign.
[Intro]
D D7sus D D7sus D D7sus D
[Verse 1]
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
He said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think
G
you`ll do.
D A G A
So, I took off my hat and 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 sign?
[Verse 2]
C G D G
And the sign said, anybody caught trespassing, would be shot on sight.
D A G
So, I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house hey, what gives
A
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
If God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some
A
kinda sinner.
[Chorus]
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that can`t you read the sign?
[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
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat you ain't supposed
D
to be here.
C G D
Sign said you got to have a membership card to
G
get inside..uh!
[Verse 3]
D C G D G
And the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
D A
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
G A
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]
D C D
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D A C D
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the sign?
[Outro]
D C
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.
D C
Sign, sign.
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