Chords for Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forward (Live on KEXP)

_ _ Thanks very much.
We've had a great time here with you in the bicycle shop.
I want to thank everyone for coming down.
And it's one of those rare gigs where you don't have to wear a wristband,
but you do have to wear ankle clips.
So thanks.
If you don't want to get your trousers caught in [Eb] a chain,
I want to thank _ KEXP [B] for having me on here.
And finish off with a little [Eb] old, bit of the old-time religion. _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] It [Bb] may have been Camelot [C] for Clegg and [Bb] Cameron
[Eb] But on Boris [Bb] Johnson Boulevard [Cm] there's not much [Bb] business going on
[Eb] _
[Bb] Factories failing, [Cm] public servants [Bb] marching _
[Eb] _ [Dm] Everybody's angry, [Cm] Europeans [Bb] need help ailing
[Ab] You know, things have [Bb] not been this bad
[Eb] Since the days [Cm] of [Bb] Margaret Thatcher
[Ab] So keep [Bb] calm and carry on [Eb] watching X Factor
[Bb] _
[Cm] Yeah, you obviously get that shit over here [Eb] as well, yeah
In [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] the former [Bb] Soviet Union, [Cm] the citizens [Bb] demand
[Eb] To know why [Bb] they're still the target [Cm] of strategic [Bb] air command
[Ab] And they shake [Bb] their fists in anger
[Cm] _ [Dm] And respectfully [C] suggest [Bb] you take [Ab] the money from your drone [Bb] strikes
And spend it on your [Eb] hospitals [Gm] instead
What about [Cm] that? _
_ _ [Eb] High up in [Bb] the stock exchange, [Cm] they're knocking back [Bb] the shampers
[Eb] Downstairs [Bb] out on Wall [Eb] Street, [Cm] it's been occupied [Bb] by campers
[Ab] Who want to ask [Bb] some questions about
[Eb] The [Bb] way that we [Cm] do [Bb] business [Ab] in the twilight [Bb] of the capitalist [Eb] _
[Bb] system
The [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] World Wide [Dm] Web is wonderful [C] if you've got something [Bb] to sell
[Eb] But opinions [Dm] often summon up [Cm] a focus [Bb] group from hell
[Ab] It's best not to [Bb] be distracted [Eb] and [Bb] stay [C] focused on [Bb] your goals
And [Ab] take my [Bb] advice, don't feed [Eb] the trolls
[Bb] And if [Cm] so_
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] Jumble [Bb] sales are organised, [Cm]
charity [Bb] shops open
[Eb] The [Gm] tourists [Dm] keep on telling [Cm] us it's Britain [Bb] that is broken
Time to [Ab] get [Bb] active with the [Eb] activists
So switch [Bb] off World [C] of [Bb] Warcraft and [Ab] start working
[Bb] For the great [Eb] leap [F] [C] forwards
[Bb] [Ab] One leap [Bb] forwards, two leaps [Eb] back
Buy [Bb] yourself a bike [C] and cycle all [Bb] the way there and [Ab] back
Waiting [Bb] for the great [Eb] leap [Dm] [Cm] forwards
[Bb] [Ab] In a [Bb] perfect world we'd all sing in tune
[Eb] But this is [Bb] a bike [Bb] shop, for crying out loud
Give me [Ab] some roar, but [Bb] it's early in the morning [Eb] Leap [Bb] [Cm] forwards
[Bb] What [Ab] if no [Bb] one out there understands?
[Eb] Chain your [Bb] bike to yourself, [Cm] no one's gonna [Bb] nick it
What am I talking [Ab] about?
Waiting [Bb] for the great [Eb] leap [Bb] [Cm] forwards
[Bb] [Ab] Well it's a mighty [Bb] long way down rock and roll
But [Eb] it's down all [Cm] the way so you [Bb] can coast
If you've got a bike, [Ab] straight through the traffic
[Bb] Waiting for the great [Eb] leap [Bb] forwards
[Cm] _ [Bb] [Ab] People say [Bb] that young women should [Cm] keep quiet
I just say, free [Bb] pussy [Ab] riots
[Bb] Waiting for the great [Eb] leap [Bb] forwards
[C] _ [Bb] [Ab] So [Cm] join the [Bb] struggle while you may
[Eb] The revolution's [Dm] just a drop [C] handle bar a racing [Bb] bike away
I have to say this stuff, I'm sorry
It's all part of the deal
[C] _ [Ab] When you're waiting [Bb] for the great [Eb] leap _ [Gm] forwards
_ Thanks very much
I had a great [N] time here this morning with you
In the bike shop
I sing for the love lord
I sing for the radical
I sing for the saddle saw
Come see me
Thanks everybody out there on KEXP
I'll see you up in Seattle next month
Thanks a lot
My name's Billy Bragg Goodbye _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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