Capo on the 4th fret

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
             
It may have be

           
en Camelot for

            
 Jack and Jacq

  
ueline
             
But on the Che

           
 Guevara highw

            
ay filling up 

         
with gasoline
             
Fidel Castro's

           
 brother spies

            
 a rich lady w

     
ho's crying
             
Over luxury's 

           
disappointment

             
 so he walks o

            
ver and he's t

rying
             
To sympathise 

             
with her but h

             
e thinks that 

         
he should warn

     
 her
             
That the Third

             
 World is just

             
 around the co

          (       (
rner


[Verse 2]
             
In the Soviet 

         
Union a scient

       
ist is blinded
             
By the resumpt

           
ion of nuclear

            
 testing and h

     
e is reminded
             
That Dr. Rober

             
t Oppenheimer'

        
s optimism fel

  
l
            
       At the 

                 (       (
first hurdle


[Verse 3]
             
In the Cheese 

           
Pavilion and t

            
he only noise 

  
I hear
             
Is the sound o

           
f someone stac

              
king chairs an

            
d mopping up s

     
pilt beer
             
And someone as

             
king questions

            
 and basking i

/        
n the light
             
Of the fifteen

             
 fame filled m

              
inutes of the 

              (       (
fanzine writer


[Verse 4]
             
Mixing Pop and

          
 Politics he a

             
sks me what th

  
e use is
             
I offer him em

           
barrassment an

           
d my usual exc

uses
             
While looking 

             
down the corri

              
dor out to the

          
 where the van

         
 is waiting
             
I'm looking fo

             
r the Great Le

              (       (
ap Forwards


[Verse 5]
             
Jumble sales a

           
re organized a

            
nd pamphlets h

         
ave been poste

d
           
Even after clo

             
sing time ther

            
e's still part

          
ies to be host

ed
             
You can be act

             
ive with the a

             
ctivists or sl

           
eep in with th

        
e sleepers
             
While you're w

              
aiting for the

            
 Great Leap Fo

             
rwards

             
One leap forwa

   
rd two leaps b

ack
           
Will politics 

        
get me the sac

k?
             
Waiting for th

            
e Great Leap F

              
orwards

             
Well here come

              
s the future a

        
nd you can't r

un from it
             
If you've got 

          
a blacklist I 

          
want to be on 

it
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards

             
It's a mighty 

              
long way down 


rock and roll
             
From Top of th

         
e Pops to draw

        
ing the dole
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards

             
If no one happ

       
ens to underst

and  
              
Just start you

          
r own revoluti

            
on and cut out

    
 the middleman
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards

             
In a perfect w

             
orld we'd all 

sing in tune
             
But this is re

           
ality so give 

      
me some room!
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards

             
So join the st

       
ruggle while y

ou may
             
The revolution

         
 is just a T-s

     
hirt away
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

         
orwards   (Bea

     
m me up Scotty

!)
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
Waiting for th

             
e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards
             
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e Great Leap F

              
orwards