ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
BY : Wild Swans

Intro:    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)           AAll (x02220@1)the kingdom's quiet now and darkness binds my way
D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)                Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)      AVoyagers, (x02220@1)pilgrims, rebel angels and agents of decay
            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)         AIn (x02220@1)the madness of my 3am's, I'm lost without a guide
                  D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)          AThere's (x02220@1)a poisoned wave that's rising fast, And I can't stem the tide...

D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)                       A (x02220@1)                       BmEnglish (x24432@1)electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
   Em (022000@1)                   AVulcan (x02220@1)bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
 D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)                             A (x02220@1)                      BmCouncil (x24432@1)housing, Shakespear's sonnets, Turner's sunset in pools of vomit
   Em (022000@1)                   AA (x02220@1)thousand burning Ford Sierra's,  William Blake in cash converters;

(Humm X 1) - D,    Bm,    A,      D,    Bm,     Em,      A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)        AAll (x02220@1)my demons come at once; my sword is at my side
D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)       Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)   ATell (x02220@1)me who will stand beside me for this fragile satellite
D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1)           BmEnglish (x24432@1)electric lightning protected, Wilton's angels resurrected
  Em (022000@1)                AAirfix (x02220@1)spitfires, Douglas Bader, Skinheads, bulldogs, Drakes' armada
  D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)                 DKnight (xx0232@1)in armor, urban foxes,  Ladi Di and mods and rockers
 Bm (x24432@1)                Em (022000@1)                     ATrident (x02220@1)submarines, Meccano, Thatcher sinking the Belgrano

(Hum) - D,    Bm,        A,     D,    Bm,     Em,    A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)    Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)         AIn (x02220@1)the madness of my 3 am's I'm lost without a guide
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)                       A (x02220@1)                       BmEnglish (x24432@1)electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
  Em (022000@1)                     AVulcan (x02220@1)bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                          A (x02220@1)                     DSun (xx0232@1)reporters, New World Order, Johnny Rotten, Geoffrey Chaucer
Bm (x24432@1)                        Em (022000@1)         ABargain (x02220@1)Booze and Robert Wyatt, Happy-slappers, Toxteth riots

(Hum - )- D,    Bm,     A,    D,    Bm,      Em,     A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)     DAll (xx0232@1)the kingdom's quiet now and I can't stem the tide alone.

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