Levellers – World Freak Show (Guitar)

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In the past the fools would pay

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To see the freaks of the day

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Contradictions of the norm

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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

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How much did you know

Bm
Going round and coming back

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The world freak show

Bm
Swings and revolutions

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How much did you know

Bm
Going round and coming back

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The world freak show
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Another tree is coming down

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Another harpooned whale is drowned

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Another child's belly needs feeding

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On land the fast-food chain is bleeding

D 
And we bought our new green wool

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And pulled it over our eyes

D
As the circus on all around

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A freak show in disguise

         Bm
And it's 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 D E D E
         Bm
And it's 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
N.C. 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))
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The people's will, their bellies full

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

Bm
Dead dictator, sniper's retreat

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People claim the power seat

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Wall comes down, people stand up

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Cross the border, customs shut

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Forklift, Airlift, Foreign Aid

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Pockets lined, Army blockade

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Evolution, Progress, Regress

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Power, Possession, Energy Harness

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Economy, Market, High or low

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How much did you know

       D
In the world freak show...
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The world freak show, world freak show, world freak
Transcribed by Assaf Sagi