Chords for Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (Official Video)

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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] It may have been [B] Camelot [C#m] for Jack and [B] Jacqueline,
But on [E] the Che Guevara [G#m] highway, filling [C#m] up with gasoline.
[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 over
And [B] he's trying [A] to sympathise [B] with her,
[E] But he thinks that he should warn her [A] that the third world
[B] Is just around [E] the corner.
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_ [E] In the [B] Soviet Union, [C#m] a scientist is blinded
[E] By the resumption of nuclear [C#m] testing, and he [B] is reminded
[A] That Dr [B] Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
[A] _ [B] The [E] first hurdle.
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] In the [B] cheese pavilion, [C#m] and the only [B] noise I hear
[E] Is the sound of [B] someone stacking [C#m] chairs and mopping up [B] spilled beer
[A] And someone [B] asking questions [E] and basking in the light
[A] Of the fifteen [B] fame-filled minutes of a [E] fanzine writer.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [E] Mixing [B] pop and politics, [C#m] he asks [B] me what the use is.
[E] I offer [B] him embarrassment [C#m] and my usual [B] excuses
[A] While looking [B] down the corridor [E] out to where the fan is waiting
[A] I'm looking [B] for the right [E] leap [B] forward.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] Jumbled [B] sales are [C#m] organised and pamphlets [B] have been posted
[E] And even [B] after closing time [C#m] there's still parties [B] to be hosted
The future [A] can be active [B] when the activist [E] or sleeper
_ [A] While you're waiting [B] for the right [E] leap forward
_ [A] I'm one leap [B] forward, two leaps back, [E] while politics get me to [A] sack
Waiting [B] for the right [E] leap forward
[C#] _ [A] Well here comes the future [B] and you can't run from it
[E] If you've got a black list [C#m] I won't be on it
[A] Waiting for [B] the right leap [E] forward
_ [E] Well it's [A] a mighty long way down, [B] rock and roll forms [C#m] up at the pub
You're throwing a [A] bar and you're waiting for the [B] right leap [B] forward
[C#m] _ [A] If no one out [B] there understands it's not your own [D#] revolution
Then cut out your little [A] band, waiting for the right [E] leap _ [D#m] forward
[A] In a pub in Guelph we're hosting in [E] June but they say [C#m] reality skips a [A] run
Waiting [B] for the right leap forward
[C#] _ [A] So join the struggle [B] while you might, the [E] revolution is just a t-shirt away
[A] Waiting for the [B] right leap [E] forward
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ [B] The right leap [E]
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