Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][Bm][D][A][Bm]

[Verse 1]
[D]It may have [A]been
Camelot for [Bm]Jack and Jacqueline
[A]But on the[D] Che Gue[A]vara highway
filling [Bm]up with gasoli[A]ne
[D]Fidel [A]Castro's brother spies
[Bm]a rich lady who's cry[A]ing
Over [D]luxury's dis[A]appointment
So he walks [Bm]over and he's try[A]ing
To [G]sympathize with [A]her but he thinks
[D]that he [A]should war[Bm]n her
[A]That the [G]Third World is
[A]just around the corner
[D]

[Interlude 1]
[A][Bm][D][A][Bm]

[Verse 2]
[D]In the Soviet
[A]Union [Bm]a scientist is [A]blinded
By [D]the resump[A]tion of nuclear
testing [Bm]an d he is rem[A]inded
That [G]Dr. Robert [A]Oppenheimer's
[D]optim[A] ism fe[Bm]ll[A][G][A]

[Interlude 2]
At the first hurdle
[D][A][Bm][D][A][D][Bm]

[Verse 3]
[D]In the [A]Cheese Pavilion and
the [Bm]only noise I [A]hear
Is [D]the sound of someone stack[A]ing chairs
And [Bm]mopping up spilled [A]beer
[G]And someone asking ques[A]tions and
[D]basking [A]in [Bm]the light
[A]Of the [G]fifteen fame-filled minutes [A]minutes
of the [D]fanzine writer[A]
[Bm][D][A][Bm]

[Verse 4]
[D]Mixing pop [A]and politics
[Bm]he asks me what the use [A]is
I [D]offer him embar[A]rassment
and my [Bm]usual ex[A]cuses
While [G]looking down the cor[A]ridor
Out [D]to where the van is [Bm]waiting
[A]I'm loo[G]king for the[A] great leap for
[D]ward[A]

[Interlude 3]
[Bm][D][A][Bm]

[Verse 5]
[D]Jumble sales are or[A]gan[D]ized
And [Bm]pamphlets have been [A]posted
[D]Even after [A]closing time there's
still [Bm]parties to [A]be hosted
You can be [G]active with [A]the activists
Or [D]sleep [A]in with the sleep[Bm]ers
[A]While [Bm]you're [G]waiting for the
[A]great leap for[D]ward[A]s

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Ah, one [G]leap forward, two [A]leaps back
Will [D]politic[A]s get m[Bm]e the sack?
[G]Waiting [A]for the great leap forward[D]s[Bm]
[A]Well, her[G]e comes the future
and you [A]can't run from it
If [D]you've got a blacklist,
I [Bm]want to be on [A]it
[G]Waiting for the [A]great leap [D]for[Bm]wards
Oh, it's [G]a mighty long way
down [A]rock 'n roll
From [D]"Top of the [A]Pops" [D]to
[Bm]drawing [A]the dole
You're [G]waiting for the [A]great
leap [D]forward[Bm]s
[A]If [G]no one out there un[A]derstands
Then start your [D]own revolution and
[Bm]cut out the [A]middle[Bm]man
[G]Waiting for [A]the great leap [D]forward[Bm] s
In a per[G]fect world we'd all [A]sing in tune
But [D]this is [A]reality so [Bm]give
me some [A]room
[G]Waiting for [A]the great leap [D]forward[Bm]s
So [G]join the struggle [A]while you may
The revolu[D]tion is [A]just a [Bm]t-shirt away
[A]away
[G]Waiting [A]for the great leap
[D]for[Bm]wards
[G]Waiting for [A]the great leap
[D]for[Bm]wards[A]
[G]Waiting for the [A]great leap
[D]for[Bm]wards
[G]Waiting for the [A]great leap [D]forwards
[Bm](Beam me up, S[G]cotty) waiting for
[A]the great leap [D]forward[Bm] s
Waiting [G]for the [A]great leap
[D]for[G]wards
Waiting for [A]the great leap [D]forward[Bm] s
[G]Waiting for [A]the great leap
[D]for[Bm]wards
Wait[G]ing for the [A]great leap
[Bm]forwards
[Bm]Waiting for the great leap forwards