Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards 2011 Lyrics Chords by Billy Bragg
Tempo:
81.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
Eb
Cm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I am [Cm] a [Eb]
[Cm]
[Bb] camelot [C] for Clegg and [Bb] Cameron, and the coalition can't decide [C] there's much business
[Bb] going on.
Youth unemployment's rising and [C] our factories [Bb] are fighting.
Public workers
marching, Europeans need help fighting.
And things have not been this bad since [C] the days
of Margaret Thatcher, [Bb] so [G] stay calm and [Bb] carry on watching [Eb] X Factor.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
In [C] the former Soviet Union, [C] the citizens [Eb] demand to know why they're [Bb] still the target [C] of strategic
[Bb] air command.
[Ab] And they shake their [Bb] fists in anger [Eb] and respectfully [Cm] suggest we [Ab] take the
money from [Bb] Trident and spend it on the [Eb] NHS.
[Cm] [Eb] When are we going to make [Bb] our engineer van
straight out?
[Cm] Huh?
[Bb] High up in the stock exchange, [C] they're knocking back the [Bb] shampoos.
[Eb] While Boris [Bb] Johnson Boulevard
has [C] been occupied [Bb] by campers [Ab] who want to ask [Bb] some questions about the [C] wider Wheaton business
in [Ab] the twilight [Bb] of the capitalist [Eb] system.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
The World [Bb] Wide Web is wonderful if [C] you've got something [Bb] to sell.
[Eb] But opinions [Bb] often
sum it up.
[Cm] A focus group [Bb] from hell [Ab] is best not to [Bb] be distracted and [Eb] stay [C] focused on your
goals [G] and take my [Bb] advice.
Don't [Eb] feed the trolls.
[Bb] [Cm] Their mum will bring them milk [Eb] and biscuits before they have to go [Bb] to bed.
Leave it to
them.
They've got [C] to get up for work in the morning.
[Cm] [Eb] Jumble [Bb] sales are organised [C] and charity [Bb] shops open.
[Eb] The Tories [Bb] try to tell us that [C] it's
Britain [Bb] that is broken.
You [Fm] must be active [Eb] with the activists and switch off [C] World of
Warcraft [Gm] and start working for the Great League [C] Forwards.
[Ab] One [Bb] league forwards, two leagues back.
[C] Chuck out Bill O'Sconey and put in [Fm] a technocrat
waiting for the [Bb] Great League [C] Forwards.
[Ab] Well here comes [Bb] the future and you can't run back from it.
If you've got a [C] smart phone
I've got [Ab] an app for it waiting [Bb] for the Great [Eb] League Forwards.
[Ab] In a perfect [Bb] world we all sing in tune but this ain't X [C]-Factor so switch off the [Ab] autotune.
I [Bb] can't sing, who cares?
[Ab] It's a make it on, [Bb] way down, rock and roll.
From Top of the Pops to school week, [Ab] home
dancing, [Bb] waiting for the Great League Forwards.
Leave no one out, Bill [Eb] understands.
Start your own [C] occupation, cut [Bb] out no middle man,
waiting for the Great League Forwards.
So [Cm] journey, struggle, why [D] revolutions?
Just [C] a tea tower [Bb] away.
[Cm]
[Cm]
[Bb] camelot [C] for Clegg and [Bb] Cameron, and the coalition can't decide [C] there's much business
[Bb] going on.
Youth unemployment's rising and [C] our factories [Bb] are fighting.
Public workers
marching, Europeans need help fighting.
And things have not been this bad since [C] the days
of Margaret Thatcher, [Bb] so [G] stay calm and [Bb] carry on watching [Eb] X Factor.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
In [C] the former Soviet Union, [C] the citizens [Eb] demand to know why they're [Bb] still the target [C] of strategic
[Bb] air command.
[Ab] And they shake their [Bb] fists in anger [Eb] and respectfully [Cm] suggest we [Ab] take the
money from [Bb] Trident and spend it on the [Eb] NHS.
[Cm] [Eb] When are we going to make [Bb] our engineer van
straight out?
[Cm] Huh?
[Bb] High up in the stock exchange, [C] they're knocking back the [Bb] shampoos.
[Eb] While Boris [Bb] Johnson Boulevard
has [C] been occupied [Bb] by campers [Ab] who want to ask [Bb] some questions about the [C] wider Wheaton business
in [Ab] the twilight [Bb] of the capitalist [Eb] system.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
The World [Bb] Wide Web is wonderful if [C] you've got something [Bb] to sell.
[Eb] But opinions [Bb] often
sum it up.
[Cm] A focus group [Bb] from hell [Ab] is best not to [Bb] be distracted and [Eb] stay [C] focused on your
goals [G] and take my [Bb] advice.
Don't [Eb] feed the trolls.
[Bb] [Cm] Their mum will bring them milk [Eb] and biscuits before they have to go [Bb] to bed.
Leave it to
them.
They've got [C] to get up for work in the morning.
[Cm] [Eb] Jumble [Bb] sales are organised [C] and charity [Bb] shops open.
[Eb] The Tories [Bb] try to tell us that [C] it's
Britain [Bb] that is broken.
You [Fm] must be active [Eb] with the activists and switch off [C] World of
Warcraft [Gm] and start working for the Great League [C] Forwards.
[Ab] One [Bb] league forwards, two leagues back.
[C] Chuck out Bill O'Sconey and put in [Fm] a technocrat
waiting for the [Bb] Great League [C] Forwards.
[Ab] Well here comes [Bb] the future and you can't run back from it.
If you've got a [C] smart phone
I've got [Ab] an app for it waiting [Bb] for the Great [Eb] League Forwards.
[Ab] In a perfect [Bb] world we all sing in tune but this ain't X [C]-Factor so switch off the [Ab] autotune.
I [Bb] can't sing, who cares?
[Ab] It's a make it on, [Bb] way down, rock and roll.
From Top of the Pops to school week, [Ab] home
dancing, [Bb] waiting for the Great League Forwards.
Leave no one out, Bill [Eb] understands.
Start your own [C] occupation, cut [Bb] out no middle man,
waiting for the Great League Forwards.
So [Cm] journey, struggle, why [D] revolutions?
Just [C] a tea tower [Bb] away.
[Cm]
Key:
Bb
C
Eb
Cm
Ab
Bb
C
Eb
I am _ _ [Cm] _ a _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ camelot [C] for Clegg and [Bb] Cameron, and the coalition can't decide [C] there's much business
[Bb] going on.
Youth unemployment's rising and [C] our factories [Bb] are fighting.
Public workers
marching, Europeans need help fighting.
And things have not been this bad since [C] the days
of Margaret Thatcher, [Bb] so [G] stay calm and [Bb] carry on watching [Eb] X Factor.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
In [C] the former Soviet Union, [C] the citizens [Eb] demand to know why they're [Bb] still the target [C] of strategic
[Bb] air command.
[Ab] And they shake their [Bb] fists in anger [Eb] and respectfully [Cm] suggest we [Ab] take the
money from [Bb] Trident and spend it on the [Eb] NHS. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] When are we going to make [Bb] our engineer van
straight out?
[Cm] Huh?
_ _ _ [Bb] High up in the stock exchange, [C] they're knocking back the [Bb] shampoos.
[Eb] While Boris [Bb] Johnson Boulevard
has [C] been occupied [Bb] by campers [Ab] who want to ask [Bb] some questions about the [C] wider Wheaton business
in [Ab] the twilight [Bb] of the capitalist [Eb] system.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ The World [Bb] Wide Web is wonderful if [C] you've got something [Bb] to sell.
[Eb] But opinions [Bb] often
sum it up.
[Cm] A focus group [Bb] from hell [Ab] is best not to [Bb] be distracted and [Eb] stay [C] focused on your
goals [G] and take my [Bb] advice.
Don't [Eb] feed the trolls.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] Their mum will bring them milk [Eb] and biscuits before they have to go [Bb] to bed.
Leave it to
them.
They've got [C] to get up for work in the morning.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] Jumble [Bb] sales are organised [C] and charity [Bb] shops open.
[Eb] The Tories [Bb] try to tell us that [C] it's
Britain [Bb] that is broken.
You [Fm] must be active [Eb] with the activists and switch off [C] World of
Warcraft [Gm] and start working for the Great League [C] Forwards.
_ [Ab] One [Bb] league forwards, two leagues back.
[C] Chuck out Bill O'Sconey and put in [Fm] a technocrat
waiting for the [Bb] Great League [C] _ Forwards.
[Ab] Well here comes [Bb] the future and you can't run back from it.
If you've got a [C] smart phone
I've got [Ab] an app for it waiting [Bb] for the Great [Eb] League Forwards.
[Ab] In a perfect [Bb] world we all sing in tune but this ain't X [C]-Factor so switch off the [Ab] autotune.
I [Bb] can't sing, who cares?
_ _ _ [Ab] It's a make it on, [Bb] way down, rock and roll.
From Top of the Pops to school week, [Ab] home
dancing, [Bb] waiting for the Great League _ Forwards.
Leave no one out, Bill [Eb] understands.
Start your own [C] occupation, cut [Bb] out no middle man,
waiting for the Great League Forwards.
_ So [Cm] journey, struggle, why [D] revolutions?
Just [C] a tea tower [Bb] away.
[Cm]
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ camelot [C] for Clegg and [Bb] Cameron, and the coalition can't decide [C] there's much business
[Bb] going on.
Youth unemployment's rising and [C] our factories [Bb] are fighting.
Public workers
marching, Europeans need help fighting.
And things have not been this bad since [C] the days
of Margaret Thatcher, [Bb] so [G] stay calm and [Bb] carry on watching [Eb] X Factor.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
In [C] the former Soviet Union, [C] the citizens [Eb] demand to know why they're [Bb] still the target [C] of strategic
[Bb] air command.
[Ab] And they shake their [Bb] fists in anger [Eb] and respectfully [Cm] suggest we [Ab] take the
money from [Bb] Trident and spend it on the [Eb] NHS. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] When are we going to make [Bb] our engineer van
straight out?
[Cm] Huh?
_ _ _ [Bb] High up in the stock exchange, [C] they're knocking back the [Bb] shampoos.
[Eb] While Boris [Bb] Johnson Boulevard
has [C] been occupied [Bb] by campers [Ab] who want to ask [Bb] some questions about the [C] wider Wheaton business
in [Ab] the twilight [Bb] of the capitalist [Eb] system.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ The World [Bb] Wide Web is wonderful if [C] you've got something [Bb] to sell.
[Eb] But opinions [Bb] often
sum it up.
[Cm] A focus group [Bb] from hell [Ab] is best not to [Bb] be distracted and [Eb] stay [C] focused on your
goals [G] and take my [Bb] advice.
Don't [Eb] feed the trolls.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] Their mum will bring them milk [Eb] and biscuits before they have to go [Bb] to bed.
Leave it to
them.
They've got [C] to get up for work in the morning.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] Jumble [Bb] sales are organised [C] and charity [Bb] shops open.
[Eb] The Tories [Bb] try to tell us that [C] it's
Britain [Bb] that is broken.
You [Fm] must be active [Eb] with the activists and switch off [C] World of
Warcraft [Gm] and start working for the Great League [C] Forwards.
_ [Ab] One [Bb] league forwards, two leagues back.
[C] Chuck out Bill O'Sconey and put in [Fm] a technocrat
waiting for the [Bb] Great League [C] _ Forwards.
[Ab] Well here comes [Bb] the future and you can't run back from it.
If you've got a [C] smart phone
I've got [Ab] an app for it waiting [Bb] for the Great [Eb] League Forwards.
[Ab] In a perfect [Bb] world we all sing in tune but this ain't X [C]-Factor so switch off the [Ab] autotune.
I [Bb] can't sing, who cares?
_ _ _ [Ab] It's a make it on, [Bb] way down, rock and roll.
From Top of the Pops to school week, [Ab] home
dancing, [Bb] waiting for the Great League _ Forwards.
Leave no one out, Bill [Eb] understands.
Start your own [C] occupation, cut [Bb] out no middle man,
waiting for the Great League Forwards.
_ So [Cm] journey, struggle, why [D] revolutions?
Just [C] a tea tower [Bb] away.
[Cm]