Levellers – World Freak Show (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Sagi Assaf <[email protected]> Subject: /l/levellers/world_freak_show.crd -------------------------------- F G F G

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In the past the fools would pay

   C       G      C      G
To see the freaks of the day

F              G
Contradictions of the norm

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The bizarre, the wonderful and deformed

F 
No need for the tents and the cages now

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The world comes to my eyes

F
In front of my TV circus

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A freak show in disguise

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Circles and roundabouts

C                G
How much did you know

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Going round and coming back

    C           G
The world freak show

Dm
Swings and revolutions

C                G
How much did you know

Dm
Going round and coming back

    C           G
The world freak show

F G F G 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... F G F G F G F G 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))

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The people's will, their bellies full

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

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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

       F
In the world freak show...

F G F G

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

-Transcribed by Assaf Sagi 02/08/94-