And the (Am)sign said, (G)“Long haired, freak y peo ple need not ap ply.” So I tucked my hair up un der my hat and I (G)went in to ask him (A)why.
He said, “You look like a fine up (Bm)stand ing young (G)man, I think you’ll do.” So I (D)took off my hat, I said, “I (A)mag ine that!
(G)Me work ing for you!” Whoa.
(D)Sign, sign, (C)ev ’ry where a (G)sign.
Block ing out the scen ’ry, break ing my mind.
(D)Do this, don’t do that.
Can’t you read the sign?
And the (G)sign said an y bod y caught ’ry tres y pass ing Come in, would be shot on and sight.
But So I (A)jumped on round the fence and the yelled at the house, “Hey!
(A)did n’t have a pen ny to pay.
So to (Bm)put up a fence to keep me out or to (G)made up my own Na lit tle sign.
I said, (A)God was here He’d tell you to your I’m a live (G)‘Man, you’re some kind of (A)sin ner!’” (D)Sign, sign, (C)ev ’ry where a (G)sign.
Block ing out the scen ’ry, break ing my mind.
(D)Do this, don’t do that.
Can’t you read the sign?
Now, (A)hey you, mis ter, can’t you read?
You’ve (G)got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
You can’t e ven watch.
No, you can’t eat.
(G)You ain’t sup posed to (D)be here.
(C)Sign said you (G)got to have a mem ber ship (D7)card to get in (G)side.
And the (D)Sign, sign, (C)ev ’ry where a (G)sign.
This page shows “Signs” by Five Man Electrical Band in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.