Leningrad chords by
Billy Joel

1989Rock216 views

Key: D major•

Intro 1

D

D

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A

A

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Em

Em

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B

B

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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A

A

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G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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Verse 1

D

D

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Em

Em

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Victor was born

A

A

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The spring of '44

D

D

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Em

Em

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And never saw

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A

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His father anymore

D

D

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G

G

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The child of sacrifice

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A

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E

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Child of war

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D

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F#

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Bm

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Another son who never had

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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A father after Leningrad

Em

Em

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Went off to school

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A

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D

D

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And learned to serve his state

Em

Em

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Follow the rules

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A

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D

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And drank his vodka straight

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G

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The only way to live

A

A

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E

E

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Was drown the hate

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D

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F#

F#

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Bm

Bm

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The Russian life was very sad

G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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And such was life in Leningrad

Chorus 1

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Dm

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I was born in '49

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Am

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A cold war kid in the McCarthy times

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G

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Stop 'em at the 38th parallel

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A

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Blast those yellow reds to hell

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Dm

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Cold war kids were hard to kill

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Am

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Under their desks in an air raid drill

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G

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Haven't they heard we won the war

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A

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What do they keep on fighting for?

Verse 2

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D

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Em

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Victor was sent

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A

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To some red army town

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D

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Em

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Served out his time

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A

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Become a circus clown

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D

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G

G

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The greatest happiness

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A

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E

E

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He'd ever found

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D

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F#

F#

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Bm

Bm

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Was making Russian children glad

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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When children lived in Leningrad

Chorus 2

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Dm

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The children lived in Levittown

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Am

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Hid in the shelters underground

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G

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Til the soviets turned their ships around

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A

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Torn the Cuban missiles down

Dm

Dm

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And in that bright October sun

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Am

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We knew our childhood days were done

G

G

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And I watched my friends go off to war

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A

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What do they keep on fighting for?

Verse 3

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D

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Em

Em

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A

A

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So my child and I came to this place

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D

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Em

Em

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A

A

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To meet him eye to eye and face to face

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D

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G

G

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He made my daughter laugh

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A

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E

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Then we embraced

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D

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Bm

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We never knew what friends we had

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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Until we came to Leningrad

Outro 1

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F#

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D

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E

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Bm

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F#

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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E

E

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D

D

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ChordsD A Em B G...

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