David Rovics - The biggest windmill

It was ^Gin the 1970’s, the fuel ^Ccrisis had begun^G The ^Gchoices were presented to us ^Cas if we had ^Dnone ^GLeaders of industry said ^Cthey could solve the pro^Gblem By ^Gmastering the power of the ^Cradioactive ^Datom Some ^Emfolks in western Jutland got a ^Cnotion in their ^Dheads They ^Emthought there might be something they could ^Coffer up ^Dinstead A few ^Ghundred people gathered in a ^Clittle place called ^DTvind And ^Emdeclared their will to harness the ^Cpower of the ^Dwind We’re gonna ^Gbuild the biggest windmill in the ^Emworld We’re gonna ^Cbuild the biggest ^Dwindmill in the wo^Grld

^GThere were many who said their ^Cscience wasn’t sound ^G That ^Gsuch a mighty windmill would simply ^Ctopple to the ground ^{D G}Some of them were scientists, the vast ma^Cjority were not ^D But they ^Gknew with years of effort ^Cyou could do a lot ^{D Em}Word about the project spread ^Cfar and wide ^D A ^Emhundred thousand visitors came to ^Chelp and to ^Dadvise Until ^Gone day these windmill builders ^Cdrove in with a crane^D And ^Emlifted up their giant wings ^Cwith a mighty chain^D We’re gonna ^Gbuild the biggest windmill in the ^Emworld We’re gonna ^Cbuild the biggest ^Dwindmill in the wo^Grld

When ^GTvindkraft was completed it ^Creached up to the sky^G Its ^Gwings churned in the air at 5^C4 meters ^Dhigh The ^Gcritics all fell silent, ^Cno one now was jee^Dring As even ^Gindustry agreed this was some ^Cdamn fine engi^Dneering The ^Emwind regaled Jutland from the ^Cnorth Atlantic sea^D As it was ^Emseamlessly converted into ^Celectricity ^D It was ^Gpower for the people, leu^Ckemia for ^Dnone When ^Gthey declared in Denmark just south ^Cof the midnight ^Dsun We’re gonna ^Gbuild the biggest windmill in the ^Emworld We’re gonna ^Cbuild the biggest ^Dwindmill in the wo^Grld

They ^Ggave away the patents, they said ^Cknowledge should be ^Gfree ^GAnd their plans were copied by a ^Cnew-born industry ^D Soon ^GDenmark would be known as the w^Cindmill-building ^Dnation And it all ^Gstarted with some hippies at the ^CTvindkraft power ^Dstation De^Embates were held in parliament about ^Cwhich way things should ^Dgo Build a ^Emnuclear reactor, the ^Cmajority said ^Dno It ^Gcould have gone quite differently — in ^Cmuch of the world it did^G Ex^Gcept for those in Ulfborg who said we’re ^Cgetting off the grid ^D We’re gonna ^Gbuild the biggest windmill in the ^Emworld We’re gonna ^Cbuild the biggest ^Dwindmill in the wor^Emld