Leningrad Billy Joel
"Leningrad" (Capo: 2nd. fret)
____Intro:
[C] [G] [Dm] [A] [F] [C/E]
[Dm] [G] [F] [G7sus] [G7] [C]
____Verse: 1
[C] Viktor was [Dm/C]born___[F/C]_in the spring of [G/C]forty four
[C] And never [Dm/C]saw___[F/C]_his father [G/C]anymore
[C7/Bb] A child of [F/A]sacrifice[Csus/G], a [C/G]child of w[D/F#]ar
[C/G] Another so[G#dim]n who never ha[Am]d a father[F] after[G] Leningr[C]ad
____Verse: 2
[C] Went off[Dm/C] to school___[F/C]_and learned to s[G/C]erve the state
[C] Followed the r[Dm/C]ules___[F/C]_and drank his [G/C]vodka straight
[C7/Bb] The only [F/A]way to liv[Csus/G]e was [C/G]drown the h[D/F#]ate
[C/G] A Russian l[G#dim]ife was very s[Am]ad
And such was[D] life i[G]n Leningr[C]ad
____Bridge: 1
[Cm] I was born in '49
A [Gm]cold war kid in McCarthy time
[Fsus]Stop 'em at the 38th [F]Parallel
[Gsus]Blast those yellow [G]reds to hell
And [Csus]cold war kids were [Cm]hard to kill
[Gsus]Under their desk in an [Gm]air raid drill
[Fsus]Haven't they heard we [F]won the war
[Gsus]What do they keep on [G]fighting for?
____Verse: 3
[C] Viktor wa[Dm/C]s sent[F/C] to some Red A[G/C]rmy town
[C] Served out h[Dm/C]is time,[F/C] became a [G/C]cir__c[G/B]us clown
[C7/Bb] The greatest h[F/A]appiness[Csus/G] he'd___[C/G]_ever f[D/F#]ound
[C/G] Was making R[G#dim]ussian children gl[Am]ad
And children[F] lived i[G]n Leningr[C]ad
____Bridge: 2
[Cm] But children lived in Levittown
And [Gm]hid in the shelters underground
Until the S[Fsus]oviets turned their[F] ships around
[Gsus] And tore the Cuban m[G]issiles down
And [Csus]in that bright Oc[Cm]tober sun
We [Gsus]knew our childhood [Gm]days were done
And I[Fsus] watched my friends go [F]off to war
[Gsus]What do they keep on [G]fighting for?
____Verse: 4
[C] And so my[Dm/C] child and [F/C]I cam[G/C]e to this place
[C] To meet hi[Dm/C]m eye to [F/C]eye and[G/C] face t[G/B]o face
[C7/Bb] He made my[F/A] daughter laug[Csus/G]h, then w[C/G]e embr[D/F#]aced
[C/G] We never kne[G#dim]w what friends we h[Am]ad
Until we c[D]ame t[G]o Leningr[C]ad[D]
____Coda:
[G]C/E[D/G] G/B[Am] Am[E/A] D/F# D (Repeat)
[C] [D] [G]
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