Leningrad

Leningrad easy guitar chords by Billy Joel

1989Rock
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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  • C

  • G

  • Dm

  • A

  • F

  • D

  • E

  • Am

  • Cm

    3
  • Gm

    3
  • C

  • G

  • Dm

  • A

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  • D

  • E

  • Am

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    3
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    3
  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Victor 
    was 
    born 

    The 
    spring 
    of 
    '44 

    And 
    never 
    saw 

    His 
    father 
    anymore 

    The 
    child 
    of 
    sacrifice 

    Child 
    of 
    war 

    Another 
    son 
    who 
    never 
    had 

    father 
    after 
    Lenin
    grad 

    Went 
    off 
    to 
    school 

    And 
    learned 
    to 
    serve 
    his 
    state 

    Follow 
    the 
    rules 

    And 
    drank 
    his 
    vodka 
    straight 

    The 
    only 
    way 
    to 
    live 

    Was 
    drown 
    the 
    hate 

    The 
    Russian 
    life 
    was 
    very 
    sad 

    And 
    such 
    was 
    life 
    in 
    Lenin
    grad 

    Chorus 1
    was 
    born 
    in 
    '49 

    cold 
    war 
    kid 
    in 
    the 
    Mc
    Carthy 
    times 

    Stop 
    'em 
    at 
    the 
    38th 
    parallel 

    Blast 
    those 
    yellow 
    reds 
    to 
    hell 

    Cold 
    war 
    kids 
    were 
    hard 
    to 
    kill 

    Under 
    their 
    desks 
    in 
    an 
    air 
    raid 
    drill 

    Haven't 
    they 
    heard 
    we 
    won 
    the 
    war 

    What 
    do 
    they 
    keep 
    on 
    fighting 
    for? 

    Verse 2
    Victor 
    was 
    sent 

    To 
    some 
    red 
    army 
    town 

    Served 
    out 
    his 
    time 

    Become 
    circus 
    clown 

    The 
    greatest 
    happiness 

    He'd 
    ever 
    found 

    Was 
    making 
    Russian 
    children 
    glad 

    When 
    children 
    lived 
    in 
    Lenin
    grad 

    Chorus 2
    The 
    children 
    lived 
    in 
    Levittown 

    Hid 
    in 
    the 
    shelters 
    underground 

    Til 
    the 
    soviets 
    turned 
    their 
    ships 
    around 

    Torn 
    the 
    Cuban 
    missiles 
    down 

    And 
    in 
    that 
    bright 
    Oc
    tober 
    sun 

    We 
    knew 
    our 
    childhood 
    days 
    were 
    done 

    And 
    watched 
    my 
    friends 
    go 
    off 
    to 
    war 

    What 
    do 
    they 
    keep 
    on 
    fighting 
    for? 

    Verse 3
    So 
    my 
    child 
    and 
    came 
    to 
    this 
    place 

    To 
    meet 
    him 
    eye 
    to 
    eye 
    and 
    face 
    to 
    face 

    He 
    made 
    my 
    daughter 
    laugh 

    Then 
    we 
    em
    braced 

    We 
    never 
    knew 
    what 
    friends 
    we 
    had 

    Until 
    we 
    came 
    to 
    Leningrad 

    Outro 1





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