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Leningrad by Billy Joel - Guitar Chords

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            Billy Joel - Leningrad  CHORDS by Bofjas
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[Key D]

     Works for piano/guitar, though guitarplayers 
     would heavily rely on a bass player.

     For those who don't know, "C/G" means you play
     a "C", but the bass goes on a "G". So if you wanna
     play this alone on one guitar, you will have to
     change the chord or your strumming so that the
     lowest of the strings in motion will represent
     the bass (i.t.c "G")

     For example:
     To play "C/G" you would play a normal open C, but
     but hit the low E string on the 3rd fret with you pinky.
     (Low E 3rd fret = G) so EAGDBe becomes 3x2010.
     If you want easier chords, press SIMPLIFY button below.

[Intro chords (Piano Only, but works for guitar too)]
     D  A/D  D   D   A
     Em B/E  Em  Em  B
     G  G    D   D   G   G   A/D  A7  Bm  G  A   A7  D
     (It's a little hard to tell you where to change chords
      you'll have to figure out that yourself)
 
[Verse 1]
D                 Em/D    G/D               A/D  
      Viktor was born in     the spring of ´44
D                Em/D  G/D            A/D
      And never saw        his father anymore
D/C               G/B       D/A             E/G#
      A child of sacrifice,     a child of war
D/F#           Bm7               G            A           D  
      Another son who never had     a father after Leningrad

[Verse 2]
D                 Em/D       G/D             A/D
     Went off to school and      learned to serve the state
D                 Em/D       G/D            A/D
     Followed the rules and      drank his vodka straight
D/C           G/B         D/A               E/G#
     The only way to live     was drown the hate
D/F#           Bm7
     A Russian life was very sad
G                  A             D
     And such was life in Leningrad

[Chorus 1]
Dm   
     I was born in ´49
        Dm/A              Am
     A cold war kid in McCarthy time
       C/G                 G
     Stop ´em at the 38th Parallel
       A
     Blast those yellow reds to hell
Dm
     And cold war kids were hard to kill
     Dm/A                    Am
     Under their desk in an air raid drill
      C/G                   G
     Haven´t they heard we won the war
       A
     What do they keep on fighting for?

[Verse 3]
D               Em/D    G/D               A/D  
     Viktor was sent to     some Red Army town
D                   Em/D  G/D                 A/D  
     Served out his time,     became a circus clown
D/C               G/B       D/A           E/G#
     The greatest happiness     he´d ever found
D/F#            Bm7
     Was making Russian children glad
G                  A              D
     And children lived in Leningrad

[Chorus 2]
Dm
     But children lived in Levittown
         Dm/A                Am
     And hid in the shelters underground
       C/G                            G
     Until the Soviets turned their ships around
          A
     And tore the Cuban missiles down
Dm
     And in that bright October sun
     Dm/A                   Am
     We knew our childhood days were done
     C/G                          G
     And I watched my friends go off to war
       A
     What do they keep on fighting for?

[Verse 4]
D               Em/D     G/D                 A/D  
     And so my child and     I came to this place
D                Em/D       G/D             A/D  
     To meet him eye to eye     and face to face
D/C             G/B            D/A           E/G#
     He made my daughter laugh,    then we embraced
D/F#          Bm7
     We never knew what friends we had
G              A             D
     Until we came to Leningrad

[Outro]
     D  A/D  D   D   A
     Em B/E  Em  Em  B
     G  G    D   D   G   G   A/D  A7  Bm  G  A   A7  D
     D  A/D  D   D   A
     Em B/E  Em  Em  B
     G  G    D   D   G   G   A/D  A7  Bm  G  A   A7 

[End]
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