{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1684721,"song":"Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11352919-waiting-for-the-great-leap-forwards-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1684721?type=chord","rating":4.98642,"votes":230,"content":"Capo on the 4th fret\r\n\r\n[tab]Am (riff)\r\ne|-------------------------|\r\nB|-1--1--1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|\r\nG|-2--2--0-2-0-2--2--0-2-0-|\r\nD|-2--2--0-2-0-2--2--0-2-0-|\r\nA|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|\r\nE|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOver luxury's disappointment so he walks over and he's trying[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)\r\nThat the Third World is just around the corner[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat Dr. Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)\r\n       At the first hurdle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs the sound of someone stacking chairs and mopping up spilt beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd someone asking questions and basking in the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)\r\nOf the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile looking down the corridor out to the where the van is waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (riff)\r\nI'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEven after closing time there's still parties to be hosted[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne leap forward two leaps back[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill politics get me the sack?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell here comes the future and you can't run from it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you've got a blacklist I want to be on it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a mighty long way down rock and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Top of the Pops to drawing the dole[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf no one happens to understand  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust start your own revolution and cut out the middleman[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a perfect world we'd all sing in tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is reality so give me some room![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo join the struggle while you may[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe revolution is just a T-shirt away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards   (Beam me up Scotty!)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the Great Leap Forwards[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on the 4th fret\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC  C/B  Am (riff)  C  C/B  Am (riff)  x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Am","B","G","D","A","E","C","C/B","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}