Chords for Vanguard - David Rovics (Satirical Leftist Anti-Sectarian Song)

[Am] _ _ If you're offended by the song, it's probably about you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Workers World says that they have all the [Am] answers.
_ _ [F] And Milosevic is a guy that they admire.
_ [C] The ISO says Trotsky is the man.
_ [E] And they'll debate it until they all expire.
_ _ [D] [F] The industrial workers will lead the revolution.
_ _ [C] So says the _ SWP.
[G] No the truth lies with the lumpen.
_ _ [E] _ That's the RCP.
_ _ [A] The SPARTs say the rest can go to hell.
_ _ [F] And everyone else is a Stalinist.
_ _ [C] The CP will just do their thing.
[G] And [E] pretend that the others don't exist.
_ [F] I had a realization this morning.
[C] As I looked into the red and dawning sun.
_ [G] I figured out the truth.
_ _ [E] And I'm forming a party of one.
_ [F] Cause I am the leader of the workers.
[C] And I'll tell you why the left is suspect.
Cause [G] there's something you don't understand.
_ [E] Only my line is correct.
_ [F] Yeah I am the vanguard of the masses.
_ [C] And all of you should just follow me.
[G] And if you doubt my analysis.
[E] You must [B] be in the [E] papers wazzy.
[A] _ _ But I am not sectarian.
_ [F] _ It's all the rest who are.
_ _ [C] _ I work fine in coalitions.
_ [Em] _ [E] As long as I'm the shining star.
[F] So bow down to your new master.
_ [C] The latest V.I. Lenin.
_ [G] And off to the camps with all of you.
[E] Who'd say not this again.
_ [F] Cause I am the leader of the workers.
[C] And I'll tell you why the left is suspect.
[G] Cause there's something you don't understand.
[E] Only my line is correct.
_ [F] Yeah I am the vanguard of the masses.
_ [C] And all of you should just follow me.
[G] And if you doubt my analysis.
You [E] must [B] be in the papers _ [A] wazzy.
_ And I'll have no music at my protests.
_ [F] _ None of that goddamn puppetry.
_ [C] _ I'll just have some somber slogans.
[E] No decadent _ frivolity.
_ _ [F] But my chants will be the right ones.
[C] Just the ones that should be said.
[G] And my banners will wave proudly.
[E] Just the proper shade of red.
_ [A] And I will build a party if it [Am] kills me.
[F] I am solely dedicated to the cause.
_ [C] _ If I have to stab you in the back.
_ [D] _ [E] That won't give me pause.
_ [F] _ But my platform will bring us forward.
[C] And the ends always justify the means.
[G] So all of you should step aside behind me.
Be [E] you Quakers, Jews, Anarchists or Greens.
[F] Cause I am the leader of the workers.
[C] And I'll tell you why the left is suspect.
Cause [G] there's something you don't understand.
[E] Only my line is correct.
_ [F] Yeah, I am the vanguard of the masses.
_ [C] And all of you should just follow me.
[G] And if you doubt my analysis. _
[E] You [B] must be in the papers _ wazzy.