A (fast tempo, then slowing down)
    D add4 add4
                        Am         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         add4              add4
          He said, "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
                 D                                         A                       G                            A
          So I took off my hat, I said, "Imagine that, huh, me working for you!"

                                    D                 C                     G
                          Oh, a sign, a sign, everywhere a sign
                          D                                       C                  G
                          Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
                          D                         A                                      C
                          Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign
                                                                                                       D add4 add4

                        C  (the rest is the same)
          And the sign said anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight
          So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house, "Hey, what gives you the right
          To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep Mother Nature in
          If God was here he'd tell it to your face, man you're some kind of sinner"

                          Whoa, signs, signs, everywhere a sign
                          Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
                          Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign
                                                                                                      D  (F#)(G)(G#)(A)

                                                   A
                                          Now, hey you mister can't you read
                                                 G
                                          You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
                                                 A
                                          You can't even watch, no, you can't eat
                                                 G                          D   add4 add4
                                          You ain't supposed to be here

      (no chord)
           And the sign says you got to have a membership card to get inside, huh
                                           *Solo*  (chorus)

      (same as 2nd verse) 
           And the sign said everybody welcome come in, and kneel down and pray
           But they passed around a plate, and at the end of it all I didn't have a penny to pay
           So I got me a pen and paper, and I made up my own little sign
           I said thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me, I'm alive and doin' fine

                          Whoa, sign, sign, everywhere a sign
                          Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
                          Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign
                          Whoa, sign, sign, everywhere a sign
                                           *Lead Break*   (chorus)

                          Sign, sign...
                                           *Lead Break*   (chorus, repeat n fade)