Big Wednesday

G D C They’re selling of the water, they’re selling off the sky G D C D They’re selling off the air we breathe and the magic in our eyes G D C But we do not need their glory ‘cos their glory’s been and gone G D C G They have bought and sold my mother and my father they have won Am D G Am D G Oh, I think I’m mad, oh I think I’m glad Am D D Em To go dancing round the streets in my technicolour coat Am D D G As long as sugar comes in lumps and the lump is in my throat Am D D Em There’s two massive things that I’ve been waiting for today Am D D C D G That’s a rolling English field and a Big Wednesday G D C They’re selling of Electric and they’re selling of the Gas G D C D They’re selling off the hospitals they’ve eradicated class G D C And they all live in the City in a great big crock of Gold G D C G And they all cavort like porkies the young ones and the old Am D G Am D G Oh, I think I’m mad, oh I think I’m glad Am D D Em To go dancing round the streets in my technicolour coat Am D D G As long as sugar comes in lumps and the lump is in my throat Am D D Em There’s two massive things that I’ve been waiting for today Am D D C D G That’s a rolling English field and a Big Wednesday G D C Now, don’t think that I’m moaning, oh, don’t think that I’m sad G D C D To be walking on this planet, although it seems quite mad G D C It’s just my armchair, it’s so comfortable, philosophy is cool, G D C G And the title of this essay is “How to Play the Rules” Am D G Am D G Oh, I think I’m mad, oh I think I’m glad Am D D Em To go dancing round the streets in my technicolour coat Am D D G As long as sugar comes in lumps and the lump is in my throat Am D D Em There’s two massive things that I’ve been waiting for today Am D D C D G That’s to build Jerusalem on a Big Wednesday