Cornelius Cardew – Song For The British Working Class chords

[Intro]
G  F  C  Dm

[Verse 1]
C                                   EmBritish ruling class puffed up with arrogance
F                                  GBoasted that the sun shone on your vast empire
             FThat sun has now eclipsed.
C                                 EmBritish ruling class, we have got news for you.
     A#           D             AYour time has run out; You have got to go.

[Chorus]
G        D              EmLight is shining in the sky
              G         D            EmHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D               C                G             AmBritish working class you're the revolutionary force
   G                          F  A  DmTo build our socialist land.

[Verse 2]
C                                EmBritish working class you have a fine history
       F                                GFierce battles waged against a vicious enemy
            FWith grim determination.
C                                EmBritish working class aspires to revolution
       A#        D                    AIn the face of attempts to crush this aspiration
   G         FOf socialism in Britain.

[Chorus]
G        D              EmLight is shining in the sky
              G         D            EmHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D               C                G             AmBritish working class you're the revolutionary force
   G                          F  A  DmTo build our socialist land.

[Verse 3]
C                            EmIn the 1840s Marx and Engels on our shores
F                                GOrganised and hammered out the objective laws
           FPropelling history.
C                               EmMarxist-Leninist science is the guiding star
A#           D             ACharting the course of the working class:
G           FSocialist revolution.

[Chorus]
G        D              EmLight is shining in the sky
              G         D            EmHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D               C                G             AmBritish working class you're the revolutionary force
   G                          F  A  DmTo build our socialist land.

[Verse 4]
C                               EmPersisting in the face of every difficulty
F                      GIn 1979 was formed our new party,
           FA glorious victory.
C                            EmRallying to this flag is the only way, workers
A#       D     ATo usher in, a bright new day of
G         FSocialism in Britain.

[Chorus]
G        D              EmLight is shining in the sky
              G         D            EmHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D               C                G             AmBritish working class you're the revolutionary force
   G                          F  A  DmTo build our socialist land.