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The Wild Swans - English Electric Lightning Ukulele

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English Electric Lightning Ukulele

(ver. 1)
The Wild Swans
ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING


Intro:    C        F         G      C        Am          F             G
 C        F               G      C             Am          F             G
All the kingdom's quiet now and darkness binds my way
C               F             G       C                  Am   F        G
Voyagers, pilgrims, rebel angels and agents of decay
            C           F       G     C       Am        F           G
In the madness of my 3am's, I'm lost without a guide
                  C           F                G      C             Am        F            G
There's a poisoned wave that's rising fast, And I can't stem the tide...

C                     F                         G                         Am
English electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
   Dm                     G
Vulcan bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
 C                             F                               G                        Am
Council housing, Shakespear's sonnets, Turner's sunset in pools of vomit
   Dm                     G
A thousand burning Ford Sierra's,  William Blake in cash converters;  

(Humm X 1) – C,    Am,    G,      C,    Am,     Dm,      G

 C        F              G          C             Am       F          G
All my demons come at once; my sword is at my side
C                          F          G            C         Am   F     G
Tell me who will stand beside me for this fragile satellite
C                          F                             G             Am
English electric lightning protected, Wilton's angels resurrected
  Dm                  G
Airfix spitfires, Douglas Bader, Skinheads, bulldogs, Drakes' armada
  C                       F                   G                   C
Knight in armor, urban foxes,  Ladi Di and mods and rockers
 Am                  Dm                       G
Trident submarines, Meccano, Thatcher sinking the Belgrano   

(Hum) – C,    Am,        G,     C,    Am,     Dm,    G

C                        F      G       C      Am       F           G
In the madness of my 3 am's I'm lost without a guide
C                     F                         G                         Am
English electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
  Dm                       G
Vulcan bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
C                         F                            G                       C
Sun reporters, New World Order, Johnny Rotten, Geoffrey Chaucer
Am                          Dm           G
Bargain Booze and Robert Wyatt, Happy-slappers, Toxteth riots

(Hum – )– C,    Am,     G,    C,    Am,      Dm,     G

C          F                 G    C          Am      F             G       C
All the kingdom's quiet now and I can't stem the tide alone.             
            
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