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by Elbow


This is just a really simple version of this excellent song. But it sounds good to me, so here you go.

Leaders of the Free World - Elbow

Standard tuning - EADGBE

Intro -          

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I'm sick of working for a living
           
I'm just ticking off the days till I die
                 
Oh, I miss you Louise, yeah...
        
And the sickest little pleasures keep me going in between pulling teeth



Oh periscope up
                        
I've been looking for a ladder
                            
I need to see the commander in chief
    
And remind him what was passed onto me


    
Your mum don't sleep!
        
And the friends you keep!
                        
I didn't raise a thief!
         
I didn't raise a thief!
    
But the leaders of the free world
                                   
Are just little boys throwing stones
    
And it's easy to ignore
                                              
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

(Solo -      )  


   
My thinking isn't driven
        
But the music always gives me a lift
              
I'm so easy to please, yeah
      
But I think we dropped the baton like the 60's didn't happen, oh no!


Oh periscope up
                        
Should be looking for a ladder
                               
I need to see the commander in chief
    
And remind him what was passed onto me



Your mum don't sleep!
        
And the friends you keep!
                      
I didn't raise a thief!
         
I didn't raise a thief!

    
But the leaders of the free world
                                    
Are just little boys throwing stones
                     
And it's easy to ignore
                                               
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

    
But the leaders of the free world
                                    
Are just little boys throwing stones
                     
And it's easy to ignore
                                               
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

                                        
Passing the gun from father to feckless son
                                                  
We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young
                                        
Passing the gun from father to feckless son
                                                  
We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young