Levellers - World Freak Show guitar tab

WORLD FREAK SHOW - THE LEVELLERS

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D E D E

D E

In the past the fools would pay

A E A E

To see the freaks of the day

D E

Contradictions of the norm

A E A E

The bizarre, the wonderful and deformed

D

No need for the tents and the cages now

E

The world comes to my eyes

D

In front of my TV circus

E

A freak show in disguise

Bm

Circles and roundabouts

A E

How much did you know

Bm

Going round and coming back

A E

The world freak show

Bm

Swings and revolutions

A E

How much did you know

Bm

Going round and coming back

A E

The world freak show

D E D E

Another tree is coming down

Another harpooned whale is drowned

Another child's belly needs feeding

On land the fast-food chain is bleeding

And we bought our new green wool

And pulled it over our eyes

As the circus on all around

A freak show in disguise

Circles and roundabouts...

D E D E

D E D E

And it's circles and roundabouts...

(no chords)

Peristroika, Reform, Glasnost

(Hardcore sell, Overhead cost)

News at ten, The House, Big Ben

(Half truths, Now and then)

Pol Pot (Border) Massacre (Slaughter)

Rainforests (The president's daughter)

Irradiate (Evacuate)

((Use, Abuse, Manipulate))

Bm

The people's will, their bellies full

A E

Multi-nationals, ((kill, kill, kill))

Bm

Dead dictator, sniper's retreat

A E

People claim the power seat

Bm

Wall comes down, people stand up

A E

Cross the border, customs shut

Bm

Forklift, Airlift, Foreign Aid

A E

Pockets lined, Army blockade

Bm

Evolution, Progress, Regress

A E

Power, Possession, Energy Harness

Bm

Economy, Market, High or low

A E

How much did you know

D

In the world freak show...

D E D E

D

The world freak show, world freak show, world freak.

-Transcribed by Assaf Sagi 02/08/94-