Chords for Billy Joel - Back In the USSR (from A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia)

Tempo:
155.3 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

C

Dm

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joel - Back In the USSR (from A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia) chords
Start Jamming...
Let's do it.
Let's do it.
[G#m]
You like the Beatles?
Beatles, [N] Lubitsch.
[E]
[D] [Dm] [C]
[Dm]
[D]
[C] [D] [A]
[C]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] I [D] only knew you in plain.
[C] She took you by [Dm] the arm.
[A] Leave it to tomorrow,
[Dm] Who will play my game?
[C] Oh, they teach you [D] never more.
I'm back in the U.S.A. [A] now.
[C] You'll have a [E] D-1 on [D] the line.
Back in the U.S.A.
Back in the U.S.A.
Back in the U [A].S.A. now.
[D] Where are you, big girl?
Do you [Dm] like me?
Where [A] are you, little missy?
[C#] [Dm]
[C#] South of [C] here, singing and [E] shouting.
Each one is always on my [D] [A]
mind.
Oh, Jeff Russell.
[E] [Dm]
[C]
[Dm]
[Cm]
[F] [D] I'm back in the [A] U.S.A. now.
[C] You'll have a D [D]-1 on the line.
Back in the U.S [A].A.
Where [Am] [D] are you, big girl?
Do you like me?
[A] Where are you, little missy?
South of here, [Dm]
singing [C] and [B] shouting.
[E] Each one is always on my [Dm] mind.
[A]
[D] [E] So you [A]
sold me round your stumpy [D] mountains way down south.
[C]
Take me to your daddy's [D] farm.
[A]
Let me hear you howl [Dm] like a snake out.
[C] Come and keep your comrades [D] warm.
I'm back in the [A] U.S.A. now.
[C] You'll have a D [D]-1 on the line.
Back in the [A] U.S..A. [Am] [E] [A] Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! [N] Dovstvetsi! Dovstvetsi! Good night. Thank you. Don't take any shit from anybody. Nikakoye vazhe. Tol'ka pravda. Good night. Thank you.
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
C
3211
Dm
2311
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
C
3211
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To learn Billy Joel - (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987) Back In The U.S.S.R chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: A, D, A, C, D, A, Dm, E and A. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 77 BPM before aiming for the song's 155 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Minor in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Let's do it.
Let's do it.
_ [G#m] _
You like the Beatles?
Beatles, [N] Lubitsch. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ I [D] only knew you in plain.
[C] She took you by [Dm] the arm. _ _
[A] Leave it to tomorrow,
[Dm] Who will play my game?
[C] Oh, they teach you [D] never more.
I'm back in the U.S.A. [A] now.
_ _ [C] _ You'll have a [E] D-1 on [D] the line.
_ Back in the U.S.A.
Back in the U.S.A.
Back in the U [A].S.A. now.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Where are you, big girl?
Do you [Dm] like me?
Where [A] are you, little missy?
_ [C#] _ _ _ [Dm]
[C#] South of [C] here, singing and [E] shouting.
Each one is always on my [D] _ _ _ [A] _
mind.
Oh, Jeff Russell.
[E] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] I'm back in the [A] U.S.A. now.
_ _ [C] _ You'll have a D [D]-1 on the line.
Back in the U.S [A].A.
_ Where _ [Am] _ _ [D] are you, big girl?
Do you like me?
[A] Where are you, little missy?
_ South of here, [Dm] _
_ singing _ [C] and [B] shouting.
[E] Each one is always on my [Dm] mind.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] So you [A]
sold me round your stumpy [D] mountains way down south.
[C]
Take me to your daddy's [D] farm.
_ _ [A]
Let me hear you howl [Dm] like a snake out.
[C] Come and keep your comrades [D] warm.
I'm back in the [A] U.S.A. now.
_ [C] _ You'll have a D [D]-1 on the line.
Back in the [A] U.S..A. [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Woo-hoo! _ _ _ _ Woo-hoo! _ _ _ _ _ Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Dovstvetsi! _ _ Dovstvetsi! _ _ _ Good night. _ _ Thank you. _ Don't take any shit from anybody. Nikakoye vazhe. Tol'ka pravda. _ _ _ Good night. Thank you. _ _ _

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