The Red Sun

Verse 1

Stirring

In the Hunan dust

Marching miles through the red mud

Iron boots on a long road

He wore the gray cap low

Flipping pages in the library stacks

Watching the dragon

Wake up

Shake the mountain

Shake the sky

Banners

High

Chorus

Chairman leading the way

Chairman leading the way

Long march heavy in the heat

Moving on the mountain feet

Chairman leading the way

Red sun

Red sun

Post-Chorus

Hey

Hey

Hey

Way back in the canyon

Way back in the canyon

Verse 2

Paper tigers

Burn in the summer wind

Words in a little book

Power grows out of a barrel

Cold steel

Cold rain

Hungry belly in the rice field

He had the vision

He had the plan

Tied the country to his hand

Gone

Gone

Now the wall is coming down

Chorus

Chairman leading the way

Chairman leading the way

Long march heavy in the heat

Moving on the mountain feet

Chairman leading the way

Red sun

Red sun

Post-Chorus

Hey

Hey

Hey

Way back in the canyon

Way back in the canyon

Bridge

Swimming the Yangtze

Cross the blue water

Strong stroke

Old man

Old man

Old man

Heavy hand

Across the land

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Chairman leading the way

Chairman leading the way

Long march heavy in the heat

Moving on the mountain feet

Chairman leading the way

Red sun

Red sun

Outro

Across the canyon

Across the canyon

Red

Red

Red

Moving on the mountain feet

Gone away

Way back

Hey

Hey

Hey