ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
BY : Wild Swans


Intro:    D        G         A      D        Bm          G             A
 D        G               A      D             Bm          G             A
All the kingdom's quiet now and darkness binds my way
D               G             A       D                  Bm   G        A
Voyagers, pilgrims, rebel angels and agents of decay
            D           G       A     D       Bm        G           A
In the madness of my 3am's, I'm lost without a guide
                  D           G                A      D             Bm        G            A
There's a poisoned wave that's rising fast, And I can't stem the tide...

D                     G                         A                         Bm
English electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
   Em                     A
Vulcan bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
 D                             G                               A                        Bm
Council housing, Shakespear's sonnets, Turner's sunset in pools of vomit
   Em                     A
A thousand burning Ford Sierra's,  William Blake in cash converters;  

(Humm X 1) ? D,    Bm,    A,      D,    Bm,     Em,      A

 D        G              A          D             Bm       G          A
All my demons come at once; my sword is at my side
D                          G          A            D         Bm   G     A
Tell me who will stand beside me for this fragile satellite
D                          G                             A             Bm
English electric lightning protected, Wilton's angels resurrected
  Em                  A
Airfix spitfires, Douglas Bader, Skinheads, bulldogs, Drakes' armada
  D                       G                   A                   D
Knight in armor, urban foxes,  Ladi Di and mods and rockers
 Bm                  Em                       A
Trident submarines, Meccano, Thatcher sinking the Belgrano   

(Hum) ? D,    Bm,        A,     D,    Bm,     Em,    A

D                        G      A       D      Bm       G           A
In the madness of my 3 am's I'm lost without a guide
D                     G                         A                         Bm
English electric lightning protected, Green unpleasant land infected
  Em                       A
Vulcan bombers, cornish harbors, Elizabethan costume dramas
D                         G                            A                       D
Sun reporters, New World Order, Johnny Rotten, Geoffrey Chaucer
Bm                          Em           A
Bargain Booze and Robert Wyatt, Happy-slappers, Toxteth riots

(Hum ? )? D,    Bm,     A,    D,    Bm,      Em,     A

D          G                 A    D          Bm      G             A       D
All the kingdom's quiet now and I can't stem the tide alone.             

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