Chords for Lord Beginner - General election (audio)
Tempo:
98 bpm
Chords used:
E
Am
Dm
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [A] [E] This is [Am] a calypso about [E] the general election in [Am] Great Britain.
Me Lord Beginner make this calypso in the [E] style of the old miner [A] calypso,
[E] which we sing in Trinidad since many years.
So hit it [A] out Mr.
Blake.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
General election we had in Great [E] Britain,
cause a sensation, [Am] independent also [E] liberal.
It was [A] essential, socialists was glad.
[G] Communists was sad.
[A] Conservatives they cheer,
at the [E] results in [Am] Trofalgus cheer.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to [E] get in.
Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
Two long days they was announcing the [E] parties,
[Am] with those majorities, they said [D] that the king was [E] listening.
[Am] So nothing was missing, traffic [D] could not pass.
[G]
[C] Police had a task, it was the best [D] election I say.
[E] Crowds were there till [Am] the break of day.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to get [E] in.
[Am] Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain and [E] the cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
[Dm]
[E] [Am] [Dm]
[A] At Piccadilly was the grand illumination.
Names [Am] went up in rotation.
Some said we [D] will get more employment.
Others said [A] better house rent.
[D] Balloon went up too.
I saw red and blue, for Radley [Dm] supporters roar,
[E] and for Churchill [Am] who won the war.
The time [Dm] was confused, [A] waiting to get in.
Me [D] and Dorothy in the rain and the [A] cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
A poor Indian [D] man who stood and was shouting,
[A] West Sabiol man a voting, we no know why so much people glad.
To see them [D] going house a lot, God make them rent fall.
[G] Still they no [C] move at all.
Them a loyal to them parties, [E] all night long them body [Am] no freeze.
The time [Dm] was confused, waiting to [E] get in.
[Dm] Me and Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
[D] [A] [Dm]
Me Lord Beginner make this calypso in the [E] style of the old miner [A] calypso,
[E] which we sing in Trinidad since many years.
So hit it [A] out Mr.
Blake.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
General election we had in Great [E] Britain,
cause a sensation, [Am] independent also [E] liberal.
It was [A] essential, socialists was glad.
[G] Communists was sad.
[A] Conservatives they cheer,
at the [E] results in [Am] Trofalgus cheer.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to [E] get in.
Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
Two long days they was announcing the [E] parties,
[Am] with those majorities, they said [D] that the king was [E] listening.
[Am] So nothing was missing, traffic [D] could not pass.
[G]
[C] Police had a task, it was the best [D] election I say.
[E] Crowds were there till [Am] the break of day.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to get [E] in.
[Am] Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain and [E] the cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
[Dm]
[E] [Am] [Dm]
[A] At Piccadilly was the grand illumination.
Names [Am] went up in rotation.
Some said we [D] will get more employment.
Others said [A] better house rent.
[D] Balloon went up too.
I saw red and blue, for Radley [Dm] supporters roar,
[E] and for Churchill [Am] who won the war.
The time [Dm] was confused, [A] waiting to get in.
Me [D] and Dorothy in the rain and the [A] cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
A poor Indian [D] man who stood and was shouting,
[A] West Sabiol man a voting, we no know why so much people glad.
To see them [D] going house a lot, God make them rent fall.
[G] Still they no [C] move at all.
Them a loyal to them parties, [E] all night long them body [Am] no freeze.
The time [Dm] was confused, waiting to [E] get in.
[Dm] Me and Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
[D] [A] [Dm]
Key:
E
Am
Dm
A
D
E
Am
Dm
[N] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] This is [Am] a calypso about [E] the general election in [Am] Great Britain.
Me Lord Beginner make this calypso in the [E] style of the old miner [A] calypso,
[E] which we sing in Trinidad since many years.
So hit it [A] out Mr.
Blake.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
General election we had in Great [E] Britain,
cause a sensation, [Am] independent also [E] liberal. _
It was [A] essential, socialists was glad.
[G] _ Communists was sad.
[A] _ Conservatives they cheer,
at the [E] results in [Am] Trofalgus cheer.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to [E] get in.
_ Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
Two long days they was announcing the [E] parties,
[Am] with those majorities, they said [D] that the king was [E] listening.
[Am] So nothing was missing, traffic [D] could not pass.
[G] _
[C] Police had a task, it was the best [D] election I say.
[E] Crowds were there till [Am] the break of day.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to get [E] in.
_ [Am] Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain and [E] the cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ At Piccadilly was the grand illumination.
Names [Am] went up in rotation.
Some said we [D] will get more employment.
Others said [A] better house rent.
[D] Balloon went up too.
I saw red and blue, for Radley [Dm] supporters roar,
[E] and for Churchill [Am] who won the war.
The time [Dm] was confused, [A] waiting to get in.
_ Me [D] and Dorothy in the rain and the [A] cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
A poor Indian [D] man who stood and was shouting,
[A] West Sabiol man a voting, we no know why so much people glad.
To see them [D] going house a lot, God make them rent fall.
[G] Still they no [C] move at all.
Them a loyal to them parties, [E] all night long them body [Am] no freeze.
The time [Dm] was confused, waiting to [E] get in.
_ [Dm] Me and Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
Me Lord Beginner make this calypso in the [E] style of the old miner [A] calypso,
[E] which we sing in Trinidad since many years.
So hit it [A] out Mr.
Blake.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
General election we had in Great [E] Britain,
cause a sensation, [Am] independent also [E] liberal. _
It was [A] essential, socialists was glad.
[G] _ Communists was sad.
[A] _ Conservatives they cheer,
at the [E] results in [Am] Trofalgus cheer.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to [E] get in.
_ Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
Two long days they was announcing the [E] parties,
[Am] with those majorities, they said [D] that the king was [E] listening.
[Am] So nothing was missing, traffic [D] could not pass.
[G] _
[C] Police had a task, it was the best [D] election I say.
[E] Crowds were there till [Am] the break of day.
The time was [Dm] confused, waiting to get [E] in.
_ [Am] Me and [Dm] Dorothy in the rain and [E] the cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ At Piccadilly was the grand illumination.
Names [Am] went up in rotation.
Some said we [D] will get more employment.
Others said [A] better house rent.
[D] Balloon went up too.
I saw red and blue, for Radley [Dm] supporters roar,
[E] and for Churchill [Am] who won the war.
The time [Dm] was confused, [A] waiting to get in.
_ Me [D] and Dorothy in the rain and the [A] cold, I played for [Am] dearly.
A poor Indian [D] man who stood and was shouting,
[A] West Sabiol man a voting, we no know why so much people glad.
To see them [D] going house a lot, God make them rent fall.
[G] Still they no [C] move at all.
Them a loyal to them parties, [E] all night long them body [Am] no freeze.
The time [Dm] was confused, waiting to [E] get in.
_ [Dm] Me and Dorothy in the rain [E] and the cold, I played [Am] for dearly.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _