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Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

Billy Bragg
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
It  may have been Camelot  for Jack  and Jacqueline
 But on the Che  Guevara highway  filling up  with gasoline
Fidel  Castro's brother  spies a rich  lady who's crying
 Over luxury's  disappointment
 So he walks over  and he's trying
 To sympathise  with her  but he thinks  that he should warn  her
 That the Third  World is just  around the corner
 In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded
 By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded
 That Dr. Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
 At the first hurdle
 In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear
 Is the sound of people stacking chairs
 And mopping up spilt beer
 And someone asking questions and basking in the light
 Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer
 Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is
 I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
 While looking down the corridor
 Out to the where the van is waiting
 I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards
 Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted
 Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted
 You can be active with the activists
 Or sleep in with the sleepers
 While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
 (All below follow -----E)
 One leap forward two leaps back
 Will politics get me the sack?
 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
 Here comes the future and you can't run from it
 If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it
 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
 It's a mighty long way down rock nd roll
 From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole
 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
 If no one happens to understand
 Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman
 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
 So join the struggle while you may
 The revolution is only a T-shirt away
 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (repeat as necessary)
  I haven't a clue whst this song is but I'm sure it's
 great!!! Billy Bragg by the way!!!
Mixing  pop and politics  they ask  me what the use is I
 offer them etc....
 and Meanwhile  Dr Oppeinhiemers optimism fell
  waiting 4 the Great leap foward.....
 i think its a Cmaj9 this is the TAB for it anyway
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Readable chord sheet for Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards by Billy Bragg

[E]  [B]  [A]  [B]
[A]  [B]  [E]  [A]  [B]  [E]

[E]It may have been [B]Camelot for [A]Jack and Jacque[B]line
But on the [E]Che Guevara [B]highway filling [A]up with gaso[B]line
[E]Fidel Castro's [B]brother spies a [A]rich lady who's [B]crying
Over [E]luxury's disap[B]pointment
So he walks [A]over and he's [B]trying
To [A]sympathise with [B]her but he [E]thinks that he should [A]warn her
That the [A]Third World is j[B]ust around the [E]corner

In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded
By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded
That Dr. Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
At the first hurdle

In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear
Is the sound of people stacking chairs
And mopping up spilt beer
And someone asking questions and basking in the light
Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer

Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
While looking down the corridor
Out to the where the van is waiting
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards

Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted
Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted
You can be active with the activists
Or sleep in with the sleepers
While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

(All below follow [A]-[B]-[E]-[A]-[B]-E)

One leap forward two leaps back
Will politics get me the sack?
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

Here comes the future and you can't run from it
If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

It's a mighty long way down rock nd roll
From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

If no one happens to understand
Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

So join the struggle while you may
The revolution is only a T-shirt away
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (repeat as necessary)

             I haven't a clue whst this song is but I'm sure it's
great!!! Billy Bragg by the way!!!

[C]Mixing pop and [Cmaj9]politics they [Am]ask me what the use is I
offer them etc....

and [F]Meanwhile  Dr [G]Oppeinhiemers [C]opti[Cmaj9]mism   [Am]fell

    waiting 4 the Great leap    foward.....

i think its a Cmaj9 this is the TAB for it anyway

[E] -0
[B] -1
[G] -0
[D] -0
[A] -3
[E] -0

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