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Tim Minchin - The Fence Ukulele

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The Fence Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Tim Minchin
gigantic orchestra, but it's something to play along with if you enjoy the song and/or want 
to spread the message about rationalism. Enjoy! And buy the album!


[Verse 1]
G                                 G
Somewhere in your wardrobe I'd be willing to bet
         F                            C
there's a t-shirt probly bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara

(not sure on this little funky bit as I can't find a way to make it fit in with the 
song, just sticking to a pause after the C, but here's what I think it is)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|        x2
A-----------------------------|
D---3p1p0---3p1p0----3--5-----|
E---------3-------3-----------|
(anyway, on with the show)

       G
He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
       F                                           C
but behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that

(funky bit)
Bb5                           A5                             G
Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophooooobe    x2


[Chorus]
            G         Bm                 C
This is my song in defence of the fence
                       D
A little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence
    D#                                Bb
The more you know the harder you will find it
                F                                      D#
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
                                D#
You can't see which grass is greener
                 Bb                          F
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
                D#                F               G
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence


[Verse 2]
G
Somewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet
          F                               C
there's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama

(funky town)
        G
He's a lovely, funny fella, he does good stuff galore
    F                                          C
but let's not forget that back in Tibet those funky monks used to dick the poor yeah

(funktaculous)
         Bb                                             A              
                   G
And the [Buddhist slime?] about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless 
rising up
        Bb                                      A                      
                 G
And he tells the poor they will live again, cos he's rich now so it's easy for him to say


[Chrous]
             G           Bm                C
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
                C                       D
I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence
     D#                                 Bb
We divide the world into terrorists and heroes
                     F                             D#
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
                          D#                                Bb
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
                                F
And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in 
the future
      D#                               Bb
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
                     F                            D#
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
                  D#                           Bb
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
                       F                        D#       F    
   G
yeah we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple.


[Break] terrible hand diagram -> _||||
                                 01234
Chords used:
   (1)        (2)       (3)     (4)
E---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
B---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|
G---0------|---0-----|---0----|--0------------------|
A---0------|---3-----|---2----|--1------------------|
D---x------|---x-----|---x----|--x------------------|
E---3------|---3-----|---3----|--3------------------|

Fingers for each note:
    4          4         4       4
               3         1       1
    2          2         2       2

         (1)                                (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
         (3)                                (4)
Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
         (1)                                (2)
And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
     (3) -stop-
Well so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius


ROCK! (no idea how this would work on an acoustic, but if you want you can hit an F for 
a few bars while shaking your head around like a maniac)


[Chorus]
              G          Bm                C
I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence
               C                          D
I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence
   D#                                 Bb
We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks
                  F                               D#
Into atheists and fundies, into tee-tot'lers and junkies
                  D#                          Bb
Into chemical and natural, into fictional and factual
                      F
Into science and supernatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black 
you'll be
  D#                             Bb
Dividing us into terrorists and heroes
                     F                              D#
Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos
                           D#                                Bb
Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer
                            F
And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance that in the future
      D#                               Bb
We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
                     F                            D#
Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and
                  D#                           Bb
into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary
                       F
yeah we want the world binary, binary, 00 11 - 01!

D#, Bb, F, D#
D#, Bb, F

    D#                                Bb
The more you know the harder you will find it
                F                                      D#
To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find
                                D#
You can't see which grass is greener
                 Bb                          F
Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier
                D#                F               G
To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
            
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