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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From the album - Down with Wilco. Great album! If you don't have it - go out and get it!
(that is.. if you like this kinda stuff)
The Old Plantation
Minus 5
Capo 1
E
The old plantation has been abandoned
A E
The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone
E
New hieroglyphics braid the columns
A E
Kids on the “M” train baptize the lawns
E
Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You"
A E
So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea
E
You took the rations, you man the spyglass
A E
So far from Memphis, rivers from me
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
E
The master bedroom, its shutters hanging
A E
It's no museum, it's no museum
E
The fields are barren but for a bonfire
A E
A pile of empties in the mausoleum
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
E
God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered
A E
God bless the day, God bless the days
E
The old plantation is like a sore now
A E
A home for maggots, but don't turn away
A E C#m G#m F#m
Don't turn away until you try To peel away the sky (x2)
From the album - Down with Wilco. Great album! If you don't have it - go out and get it!
(that is.. if you like this kinda stuff)
The Old Plantation
Minus 5
Capo 1
E
The old plantation has been abandoned
A E
The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone
E
New hieroglyphics braid the columns
A E
Kids on the “M” train baptize the lawns
E
Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You"
A E
So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea
E
You took the rations, you man the spyglass
A E
So far from Memphis, rivers from me
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
E
The master bedroom, its shutters hanging
A E
It's no museum, it's no museum
E
The fields are barren but for a bonfire
A E
A pile of empties in the mausoleum
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
E
God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered
A E
God bless the day, God bless the days
E
The old plantation is like a sore now
A E
A home for maggots, but don't turn away
A E C#m G#m F#m
Don't turn away until you try To peel away the sky (x2)
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