Song: Sitting on a Fence Artist: The Housemartins Album: London 0 Hull 4 (1986) Pretty simple song, although I recommend that you listen to the actual track to get the timings for the Chorus as the chords are only played at certain times. Intro / / / (x2) Verse Sitting on a fence is a man who sees no sense in fighting Sitting on a fence is a man who sees no sense at all Sitting on a fence is a man who strokes his twenty beards Sitting on a fence is a man who only drinks real ale Pre-Chorus But the real problem with this man Is he says he can’t when he can He’d rather not get his hands dirty He’ll still be there when he’s thirty Chorus I told myself to keep my mouth shut But I still end up saying if and but I lied to myself right from the start And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart Sitting on a fence / / / (x2) Verse Sitting on a fence is a man who looks up to his guardian Sitting on a fence is a man who swings from poll to poll Sitting on a fence is a man who sees both sides of both sides Sitting on a fence is a man who looks down on opinion Pre-Chorus But the real problem with this man Is he says he can’t when he can He’d rather not get his hands dirty He’ll still be there when he’s thirty Chorus I told myself to keep my mouth shut But I still end up saying if and but I lied to myself right from the start And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart Sitting on a fence Drums & Bass Breakdown (x4) Chorus I told myself to keep my mouth shut But I still end up saying if and but I lied to myself right from the start And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart Outro I told myself, I told myself And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart I lied to myself, I lied to myself And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart I told myself, I told myself And I’ve just worked out that I’m falling apart