Tom: G G C G It was in the 1970’s, the fuel crisis had begun G C D The choices were presented to us as if we had none G C G Leaders of industry said they could solve the problem G C D By mastering the power of the radioactive atom Em C D Some folks in western Jutland got a notion in their heads Em C D They thought there might be something they could offer up instead G C D A few hundred people gathered in a little place called Tvind Em C D And declared their will to harness the power of the wind G Em We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world C D G We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world [Verse 2] G C G There were many who said their science wasn’t sound G C D That such a mighty windmill would simply topple to the ground G C D Some of them were scientists, the vast majority were not G C D But they knew with years of effort you could do a lot Em C D Word about the project spread far and wide Em C D A hundred thousand visitors came to help and to advise G C D Until one day these windmill builders drove in with a crane Em C D And lifted up their giant wings with a mighty chain G Em We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world C D G We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world [Verse 3] G C G When Tvindkraft was completed it reached up to the sky G C D Its wings churned in the air at 54 meters high G C D The critics all fell silent, no one now was jeering G C D As even industry agreed this was some damn fine engineering Em C D The wind regaled Jutland from the north Atlantic sea Em C D As it was seamlessly converted into electricity G C D It was power for the people, leukemia for none G C D When they declared in Denmark just south of the midnight sun G Em We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world C D G We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world [Verse 4] G C G They gave away the patents, they said knowledge should be free G C D And their plans were copied by a new-born industry G C D Soon Denmark would be known as the windmill-building nation G C D And it all started with some hippies at the Tvindkraft power station Em C D Debates were held in parliament about which way things should go Em C D Build a nuclear reactor, the majority said no G C G It could have gone quite differently — in much of the world it did G C D Except for those in Ulfborg who said we’re getting off the grid G Em We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world C D Em We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world