Leningrad chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
Intro 1
D
A
Em
B
G
D/F#
Em7
A/C#
A
G/B
Em/G
Asus4
A7
D
Verse 1
D
Em/D
Victor was born
A/D
The spring of '44
D
Em/D
And never saw
A/D
His father anymore
D/C
G/B
The child of sacrifice
D/A
E7/Ab
Child of war
D/A
Bbdim7
Bm
Another son who never had
G
A
D
A father after Leningrad
Em/D
Went off to school
A/D
D
And learned to serve his state
Em/D
Follow the rules
A/D
D/C
And drank his vodka straight
G/B
The only way to live
D/A
E7/Ab
Was drown the hate
D/A
Bbdim7
Bm
The Russian life was very sad
G
A
D
And such was life in Leningrad
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Chorus 1
Dm
I was born in '49
Asus4
Am
A cold war kid in the McCarthy times
Gsus4
G
Stop 'em at the 38th parallel
Asus4
A
Blast those yellow reds to hell
Dsus4
Dm
Cold war kids were hard to kill
Asus4
Am
Under their desks in an air raid drill
Gsus4
G
Haven't they heard we won the war
Asus4
A
What do they keep on fighting for?
Verse 2
D
Em/D
Victor was sent
A/D
To some red army town
D
Em/D
Served out his time
A/D
Become a circus clown
D/C
G/B
The greatest happiness
D/A
E7/Ab
He'd ever found
D/A
Bbdim7
Bm
Was making Russian children glad
G
A
D
When children lived in Leningrad
Chorus 2
Dm
The children lived in Levittown
Asus4
Am
Hid in the shelters underground
Gsus4
G
Til the soviets turned their ships around
Asus4
A
Torn the Cuban missiles down
Dsus4
Dm
And in that bright October sun
Asus4
Am
We knew our childhood days were done
Gsus4
G
And I watched my friends go off to war
Asus4
A
What do they keep on fighting for?
Verse 3
D
Em/D
A/D
So my child and I came to this place
D
Em/D
A/D
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
D/C
G/B
He made my daughter laugh
D/A
E7/Ab
Then we embraced
D/A
Bbdim7
Bm
We never knew what friends we had
G
A
D
Until we came to Leningrad
Outro 1
A
E/A
Bm
F#/B
D/F#
A/C#
Bm7
E/Ab
E
A
E/A
Bm
F#/B
D/F#
A/C#
Bm7
E/Ab
E
D/F#
Bm/D
Esus4
E7
D
Leningrad
Billy Joel
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