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So Long, So Long

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2013 (2005)
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher

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Back in 2005, anarchist collective Chumbawumba pre-sold an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which they would keep under wraps until the prime minister passed away. Since Thatcher did pass earlier this week, the band has delivered the EP and is also streaming the release online. Along with that, the band delivered a eulogy:
Let's make it clear: This is a cause to celebrate, to party, to stamp the dirt down. Tomorrow we can carry on shouting and writing and working and singing and striking against the successive governments that have so clearly followed Thatcher's Slash & Burn policies, none more so than the present lot. But for now, we can have a drink and a dance and propose a toast to the demise of someone who blighted so many people's lives for so long. If we must show a little reverence and decorum at this time, then so be it. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families of all Margaret Thatcher's victims.

La vicenda è curiosa: nel 2005 il collettivo anarchico dei Chumbawamba ha scritto e registrato un ep intitolato “In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher”. Siccome anche gli anarchici hanno un cuore o forse il timore di beghe legali, il cd lì per lì non è stato pubblicato. Lo si poteva solo prenotare sul sito del gruppo sapendo che sarebbe stato disponibile alla morte della ex Lady di ferro. Così è stato: l’8 aprile la Thatcher se n’è andata e i cd sono partiti, spediti come promesso a tutti coloro che li avevano richiesti a suo tempo. La band ha comunicato che non accetterà più prenotazioni.
“In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher” è un ep, come dire un mini album con 7 brani per dieci minuti e mezzo complessivi. Composizioni gradevoli, dai testi ovviamente affilati specie nelle ruvide “Pinochet Bids Farewell From Beyond The Grave”, “Waiting For Margaret To Go” e nella conclusiva “Sleep”. Quest’ultima, in particolare, ha il sapore intenso di un commiato se si pensa alla demenza senile che ha colpito la Thatcher.
Eppure, il gruppo ha spiegato il progetto col suo tipico sarcasmo non facendo alcuno sconto: “Proponiamo un brindisi alla scomparsa di qualcuno che ha rovinato la vita di così tante persone per così tanto tempo. Se dobbiamo mostrare un po’ di rispetto e di decoro in questo momento, allora così sia: le nostre più sentite condoglianze vanno alle famiglie delle vittime di Margaret Thatcher”.



Intro
So Long, So Long
Pinochet Bids Farewell From Beyond The Grave
The day the lady died
Ding Dong
Waiting for Margaret to Go
Sleep



Trascritta dal video, Incompleta
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you'll back where you belong so long, so long,
good bye good bye...
you sing you lie
bye bye
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you'll back where you belong so long, so long,
farewell, farewell
Read the epitaph, ring the bell,
you’ve got a one-way ticket to hell
farewell, farewell
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you'll back where you belong so long, so long.
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you'll back where you belong so long, so long.

Contributed by DoNQuijote82 - 2013/5/30 - 18:37


Chords are easy and repeated on loop for the entire song. The rhythm is a little bit syncopated with the text but the chord changes are very regular on the 1 & 3.

Capo 1.

Intro:
A F#m D E
A F#m B#m E

Verse:
A F#m D E
So long, so long, you kept me waiting
A F#m D E
so long, so long, let me serenade you
A F#m D E
with one last song, you're back where you belong
A F#m B#m E
so long, so long, so long

Chungus - 2021/1/21 - 22:41


Apologies, the chords on capo 1 would be:

G Em C D
G Em Am D

The song was recorded in A flat.

Chungus - 2021/1/26 - 21:40




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