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 Waiting for the great leap forwards - Billy Bragg
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2004-10-04 Troubadour It may have been camelot for jack and jacqueline But on the che guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment So he walks over and he's trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her That the third world is just around the corner 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 very first hurdle Downstairs in the Troubadour and the only sound I hear Is that someone stacking chairs and feedback from over there And someone asking questions and basking in the light Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer Well, mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is I offer him embarrassment and the usual excuses While looking down the corridor Out to where Matt is waiting I'm looking for the great leap forwards Jumble sales are organised and pamphlets have been posted Even after closing time there's 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 [that is your part] 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 'n roll From top of the pops to drawing the dole 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 In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The revolution is just a t-shirt away Waiting for the great leap forwards
Tabs | Chords
CAPO: At 4th fret
d is a downstroke
u is an upstroke (kind of a lazy, incidental one)
h is a hammer on
Chords: Remember CAPO at 4th fret!
E A D G B e
x 3 2 0 1 0 - C
x 2 0 0 1 0 - C/B also know as a Cmaj9
x 0 2 2 1 0 - Am
3 2 0 0 0 3 - G
x x 3 2 1 1 - F
[intro]:
C C/B Am
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B -------1-------------1--------------1--1----1---1--1------------
G -------0-------------0--------------2--0h2--0h2-2--0h2----------
D -------2-------------0--------------2--0h2--0h2-2--0h2----------
A ---3----------3-2----------2-0----------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------
[play twice]
[verse part1]:
C C/B Am G
e -----------d--u---------d--u-------d---u------------------------
B -----------1--1---------1--1-------1---1------------------------
G -----------0--0---------0--0-------2---2------------------------
D -------2---2--2-----0---0--0----2--2---2------------------------
A ---3-------------2-----------0-------------0--2--0--------------
E -----------------------------------------3----------------------
it may've bn cam-e--lot f Jk & Jk--a-lyn but on the
che gue-va-ra hi-way fillinup w gas--o-line
fi-del castsbrother s a rchlady w crying over
lux--rys dis-a-pointment shwover & hes trying*
[verse part2]:
F G C C/B Am G
e ------1---------------------------------------------------------
B ------1--1-------0--------1-----1-------1---------0------------
G ----2----2-------0--0-----0-----0-------2---------0-------------
D --3-----------------0-----2-----0-------2---------0-------------
A --------------2-----------3-----2-------0---------2-------------
E ------------3-------------------------------------3-------------
sympthze her but he thinks he shld warn her that the
F G
e ------1---------------------
B ------1---0---------0-------
G ----2------0--------0---0---
D --3--------0------------0---
A ------------0-----2------0-- [play intro riff twice]
E ---------------3------------
3rd wld is jstaround the corner
[outro]:
over the outro lines play [verse part 2]then [intro], for example:
[<---------------verse part 2---------------------------->]
F G C C/B Am G
1 leap forwards 2 leaps back, will politics get me the sack
[<----verse part 2-------->][<-----------intro---------->]
F G C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
1.
[play verse part1]
C C/B Am G
It may have been camelot for Jack and Jacqueline
or on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying over
luxury's disappointment so he walks over and he's trying
[play verse part2]
F G C C/B Am
to sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her
G F G [play intro]
that the third world is just around the corner
C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
2.
[play verse part1]
C C/B Am G
in the Soviet Union, a scientist is blinded
by the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded*
[play verse part2]
F G C C/B Am G
that Doctor Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
F G [play intro]
at the first hurdle
C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
3.
C C/B Am G
In the cheese pavilion, the only noise I hear
is the sound of someone stacking chairs and mopping up spilled beer
F G C C/B Am
and someone asking questions and basking in the light
G F G [play intro]
of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer
C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
4.
C C/B Am G
Mixing pop and politics, he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses*
F G C C/B Am G
while looking down the corridor out to where the van is waiting
F G [play intro]
I'm looking for the great leap forwards
C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
5.
C C/B Am G
Jumble sales are organised and pamphlets have been posted
even after closing time, there's still parties to be hosted*
F G C C/B Am
you can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers
G
while you're
F G [play intro]
waiting for the great leap forwards
C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
[outro]:
F G C C/B Am G
oh 1 leap forwards 2 leaps back, will politics get me the sack
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
F C
well here comes the future and you cant run from it
C C/B Am G
if you've got a blacklist I wanna be on it
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
F G
well its a mighty long way down rock and roll
C C/B Am G
from top of the pops to drawing the dole
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
you're waiting for the great leap forwards
F G
if no-one out there understands
C C/B Am G
start your own revolution and cut out the middleman
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
F G
in a perfect world we'd all sing in tune
C C/B Am G
but this is reality so give me some room
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
F G
so join the struggle while you may
C C/B Am G
the revolution is just a T-shirt away
F G C [intro] C/B Am Am
waiting for the great leap forwards
* at the end of the last line of [verse part 1], the walk up from the G
to the C *might* be replaced by a walk up from a C to an F, so it'd be
the same fingering as the other lines of the verse, but move the end bit
all up one string
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