Biography:
Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed rock 'n' roll megastar.
He was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award.
His eccentric appearance (wild unkempt hair
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Other songs:
- Canvas Bags
- Darkside
- Drowned
- F Sharp
- F*ck The Poor
- Lullaby
- Naughty
- Not Perfect
- Peace Anthem For Palestine
- Prejudice
- Rock 'n' Roll Nerd
- When I Grow Up
- White Wine In The Sun
- 10 Foot Cock And A Few Hundred Virgins
- 15 Minutes
- 5 Poofs And 2 Pianos
- Beauty
- Brain Cum
- Come Home Cardinal Pell
- Confessions
- Cont
- Dark Side
- Enviromentalism
- Fancy That
- Fat Children
- Fuck The Poor
- Hello
- Hope From Groundhog Day
- I Love Jesus
- If I Had My Time Again From Groundhog Day
- If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out
- If You Really Loved Me
- Inflatable You
- Its Not Perfect
- Leaving La
- Loud
- Lust Or Outstanding Woman
- My House
- Night Will Come Groundhog Day
- Nothing Can Stop Us Now
- Nothing Changes
- Nothing Ruins Comedy
- Playing Nancy
- Quiet
- Rock N Roll Nerd
- Second Encore
- Seeing You
- So Long As We Are Together
- Some People Have It Worse Than I
- Song For Wossy
- Summer Romance
- Thank You God
- The Fence
- The Good Book
- The Guilt Song
- The Pope Song
- The Song For Phil Daoust
- There Will Be Sun
- Three Minute Song
- White Wine In The Sun Christmas Song
- Woody Allen Jesus
- You Grew On Me
- Youtube Lament
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From Tim's new arena tour. Of course it doesn't compare to the man himself and his
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
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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