Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards (2)

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  • [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:
  •  
    []
    F G C C/B Am G
  • 1 leap forwards 2 leaps back, will politics get me the sack
     
    [][]
  • F G C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am
    waiting for the great leap forwards
     
  • Here's the full thing
     
    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
     
     
  • d is a downstroke
    u is an upstroke (kind of a lazy, incidental one)
    h is a hammer on
  •  
    * 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
     
  • chords
     
    EADGBe
  • x32010 - C
    x20010 - C/B
    x02210 - Am
  • 320003 - G
    xx3211 - F
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