Chords for Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forward

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[E] May [B] have been Camelot [C#] for Jack and [B] Jacqueline
[E] But on the Che Guevara [G#m] highway filling [C#m] up with [B] gasoline
[C#] _ [E] Fidel [B] Castro's brother spies [C#m] a rich lady [B] who's crying
[E] Over luxuries, [B] disappointments, so he [C#m] walks [B] over
And he's trying [A] to [B] sympathise with her
[E] But he [B] thinks that he [C#m] should warn her
[A] That the third world [B] is just around [E] the corner _
In [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] the [B] Soviet Union [C#m] a scientist [B] is [C#] blinded
[E] By the resumption [B] of nuclear [C#m] testing
And he [B] is reminded [A] that Dr [B] Robert [E] Oppenheimer's optimism [C#m] [E] fell
[A] _ [B] First _ [E] hurdle in [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] the [B] cheese pavilion
[C#m] And the only [B] noise I hear [E] is the sound of someone [B] stacking [C#m] chairs
And mopping [B] up spilled beer [A] and someone [B] asking questions
[E] And [B] [C#m] basking in the [B] light [A] of the fifteen [B] fame-filled minutes of [E] a fanzine writer
_ [C#m] Mixing _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] pop and politics he [C#m] asks [B] me what the use is
[E] I offer him [C#m] embarrassment for my usual [B] excuses
[A] While looking [B] down the corridor [E] out to where the van [E] is [A] waiting
I'm looking [B] for the [E] right to lead forward
_ [C#m] Jungle _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ sales are [C#m] organised and [B] pamphlets have been posted
[E] Even [B] after closing [C#m] time there's still parties [B] to be hosted
You [A] can be active [B] with the [E] activists or [G#m] sleep [C#m] in with the [B] sleepers
[A] While you're waiting [B] for the right [E] to lead forward _
[A] I'll one leap [B] forward, two leap [E] back, while politics get me the [A] sack
Waiting [B] for the right to [E] lead forward
[B] _
[A] When will it come to [B] future and you can't run from [E] it
If you've got a black [C#m] list, there won't be any
[A] Waiting [B] for the right to lead [E] forward
Or [A] a smiley on the way [B] down, rock and roll [C#m] from top of the popstage
Rowing [A] a dial, you're waiting for the [B] right [E] to lead [B] forward
[C#m] _
[A] If no one [B] out there [E] understands, just start your own [C#m] revolution and [E] cut out the [A] middle man
Waiting [B] for the right to [E] lead [G#m] forward _
[A] In a perfect world we're [B] all singing in tune but [E] this [C#m] is reality, skip [A] to the brim
Waiting [B] for the right [E] to lead forward
[C#m] _ [A] So join this [B] struggle while you might, [E] the revolution is just a T-shirt [A] away
Waiting for [B] the right to lead [E] forward
_ [C#m] _ [A] Waiting [B] for the right to [E] lead forward
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