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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Artist: The Minus 5
Album: Killingsworth
Chords: Bb, Gm, Ab, D#, F, C (I use barre chords)
[Bb] He's never quiet out of sight, he's a shadow in the night
Is that a [Gm] document for you to [Ab] sign
[Bb] In the coat of the lurking barrister
[Bb] Stationed by the broken neon signs, he might give you a valentine
I see [Gm] somebody so [Ab] demised
[Bb] In the eyes of the lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
[D#] He's not there to [F] get you out of [Bb] jail
No no [C] no
[D#] There's never been a [F] case he couldn't [Bb] fail
Yeah yeah [C] yeah
[C] The lurking barrister takes our irregular [F] feature in the daily [C] mail
[Bb] And if you stumbling round in Temple Bar, you don't remember where you parked your car
It's for [Gm] sure that he won't be [Ab] far
[Bb] You're in the hand that's the lurking barrister
[Bb] There's not a hotel he can't find, he knows the alley exit just behind
Is that a [Gm] knife or [Ab] 45
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hand of the lurking barrister
[D#] He's not there to [F] get you out of [Bb] jail
No no [C] no
[D#] There's never been a [F] case he couldn't [Bb] fail
Yeah yeah [C] yeah
[C] The lurking barrister takes our irregular [F] feature in the daily [C] mail
[C] Read the lurking barrister tales
[C] Read the lurking barrister tales
[Bb] He's never quiet out of sight, he's a shadow in the night
Is that a [Gm] document for you to [Ab]sign
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
Is that a [Gm] catapult or something more [Ab] benign
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
[Bb] You're in the hands of the lurking barrister
Album: Killingsworth
Chords: Bb, Gm, Ab, D#, F, C (I use barre chords)
[Bb] He's never quiet out of sight, he's a shadow in the night
Is that a [Gm] document for you to [Ab] sign
[Bb] In the coat of the lurking barrister
[Bb] Stationed by the broken neon signs, he might give you a valentine
I see [Gm] somebody so [Ab] demised
[Bb] In the eyes of the lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
[D#] He's not there to [F] get you out of [Bb] jail
No no [C] no
[D#] There's never been a [F] case he couldn't [Bb] fail
Yeah yeah [C] yeah
[C] The lurking barrister takes our irregular [F] feature in the daily [C] mail
[Bb] And if you stumbling round in Temple Bar, you don't remember where you parked your car
It's for [Gm] sure that he won't be [Ab] far
[Bb] You're in the hand that's the lurking barrister
[Bb] There's not a hotel he can't find, he knows the alley exit just behind
Is that a [Gm] knife or [Ab] 45
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hand of the lurking barrister
[D#] He's not there to [F] get you out of [Bb] jail
No no [C] no
[D#] There's never been a [F] case he couldn't [Bb] fail
Yeah yeah [C] yeah
[C] The lurking barrister takes our irregular [F] feature in the daily [C] mail
[C] Read the lurking barrister tales
[C] Read the lurking barrister tales
[Bb] He's never quiet out of sight, he's a shadow in the night
Is that a [Gm] document for you to [Ab]sign
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
Is that a [Gm] catapult or something more [Ab] benign
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the coat of lurking barrister
[Bb] In the hands of the lurking barrister
[Bb] You're in the hands of the lurking barrister
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