[Intro]
G F C Dm
[Verse 1]
C Em
British ruling class puffed up with arrogance
F G
Boasted that the sun shone on your vast empire
F
That sun has now eclipsed.
C Em
British ruling class, we have got news for you.
A# D A
Your time has run out; You have got to go.
[Chorus]
G D Em
Light is shining in the sky
G D Em
Heralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D C G Am
British working class you're the revolutionary force
G F A Dm
To build our socialist land.
[Verse 2]
C Em
British working class you have a fine history
F G
Fierce battles waged against a vicious enemy
F
With grim determination.
C Em
British working class aspires to revolution
A# D A
In the face of attempts to crush this aspiration
G F
Of socialism in Britain.
[Chorus]
G D Em
Light is shining in the sky
G D Em
Heralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D C G Am
British working class you're the revolutionary force
G F A Dm
To build our socialist land.
[Verse 3]
C Em
In the 1840s Marx and Engels on our shores
F G
Organised and hammered out the objective laws
F
Propelling history.
C Em
Marxist-Leninist science is the guiding star
A# D A
Charting the course of the working class:
G F
Socialist revolution.
[Chorus]
G D Em
Light is shining in the sky
G D Em
Heralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D C G Am
British working class you're the revolutionary force
G F A Dm
To build our socialist land.
[Verse 4]
C Em
Persisting in the face of every difficulty
F G
In 1979 was formed our new party,
F
A glorious victory.
C Em
Rallying to this flag is the only way, workers
A# D A
To usher in, a bright new day of
G F
Socialism in Britain.
[Chorus]
G D Em
Light is shining in the sky
G D Em
Heralding the dawn of a glorious new day,
D C G Am
British working class you're the revolutionary force
G F A Dm
To build our socialist land.