Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards Chords by Billy Bragg

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E B A B

A B E A B E

EIt may have been BCamelot for AJack and JacqueBline

But on the EChe Guevara Bhighway filling Aup with gasoBline

EFidel Castro's Bbrother spies a Arich lady who's Bcrying

Over Eluxury's disapBpointment

So he walks Aover and he's Btrying

To Asympathise with Bher but he Ethinks that he should Awarn her

That the AThird World is jBust around the Ecorner

In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded

By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded

That Dr. Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell

At the first hurdle

In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear

Is the sound of people stacking chairs

And mopping up spilt beer

And someone asking questions and basking in the light

Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer

Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is

I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses

While looking down the corridor

Out to the where the van is waiting

I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards

Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted

Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted

You can be active with the activists

Or sleep in with the sleepers

While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

(All below follow A-B-E-A-B-E)

One leap forward two leaps back

Will politics get me the sack?

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

Here comes the future and you can't run from it

If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

It's a mighty long way down rock nd roll

From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

If no one happens to understand

Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

So join the struggle while you may

The revolution is only a T-shirt away

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (repeat as necessary)

I haven't a clue whst this song is but I'm sure it's

great!!! Billy Bragg by the way!!!

CMixing pop and C7M9politics they Amask me what the use is I

offer them etc....

Chorus

and FMeanwhile Dr GOppeinhiemers CoptiC7M9mism Amfell

waiting 4 the Great leap foward.....

i think its a Cmaj9 this is the TAB for it anyway

E -0

B -1

G -0

D -0

A -3

E -0