The Biggest Windmill
David Rovics
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G It was in the 1970’s, the fuelC G crisis had begunG C The choices were presented to usD as if we had noneG C Leaders of industry said theyG could solve the problemG By mastering the power of theC D radioactive atomEm Some folks in western Jutland got aC D notion in their headsEm They thought there might beC something they could offer upD insteadG A few hundred people gathered in aC D little place called TvindEm And declared their will to harnessC D the power of the windG We’re gonna build the biggestEm windmill in the worldC We’re gonna build the biggestD G windmill in the world [Verse 2]G There were many who said theirC G science wasn’t soundG That such a mighty windmill wouldC D simply topple to the groundG Some of them were scientists, theC D vast majority were notG But they knew with years of effortC D you could do a lotContinúa después del anuncioEm C Word about the project spread farD and wideEm A hundred thousand visitors came toC D help and to adviseG Until one day these windmillC D builders drove in with a craneEm C And lifted up their giant wingsD with a mighty chainG We’re gonna build the biggestEm windmill in the worldC We’re gonna build the biggestD G windmill in the world [Verse 3]G When Tvindkraft was completed itC G reached up to the skyG C Its wings churned in the air at 54D meters highG C The critics all fell silent, noD one now was jeeringG As even industry agreed this wasC D some damn fine engineeringEm The wind regaled Jutland from theC D north Atlantic seaEm As it was seamlessly converted intoC D electricityG It was power for the people,C D leukemia for noneG When they declared in Denmark justC D south of the midnight sunG We’re gonna build the biggestEm windmill in the worldC We’re gonna build the biggestD G windmill in the world [Verse 4]G They gave away the patents, theyC G said knowledge should be freeG And their plans were copied by aC D new-born industryG Soon Denmark would be known as theC D windmill-building nationG And it all started with someC D hippies at the Tvindkraft power stationEm Debates were held in parliamentC D about which way things should goEm Build a nuclear reactor, theC D majority said noG It could have gone quiteC G differently — in much of the world it didG Except for those in Ulfborg whoC D said we’re getting off the gridG We’re gonna build the biggestEm windmill in the worldC We’re gonna build the biggestD Em windmill in the world