Chords for Billy Joel - Leningrad (Live From The River Of Dreams Tour)

Tempo:
65.85 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

E

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joel - Leningrad (Live From The River Of Dreams Tour) chords
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[A] [Em] [B]
[G] [D] [F#m]
[A] [G] [D]
Victor [G] was born in the spring of 44.
I never saw his father [A] ever.
[C] A child of sacrifice, [A] a child [E] of war,
[D] another [F#] son who never [B] had.
A [A] father after learning [D] grand,
went [G] off to school and learned [A] to sell [D] estates,
followed [G] the rules and drank [A] his vodka straight.
The [G] only way to [A] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D] Russian [F#] life was very [Bm] sad,
such was life [D] in the Midlands.
[Dm] When I was born in 49,
[A] a Cold War kid in the coffee time,
[G] slumbered with the 38 in parallel,
[A] blasted those yellow reds to hell.
[D] Cold War [Dm] kids were hardly [A] killed,
on their [Am] desks skinny and raged.
[G] Haven't they heard of the Mother of [A] War?
What do they keep on fighting for?
[D] Victor was sent to [A] some Red Army [D] town,
served out his time,
[A] became a [C] circus clown.
The [G] greatest happiness [A] [E] he'd ever found
[D] was [A#] making Russian [Bm] children glad
that children lived [D] in Leningrad.
[Dm] The children lived in Red Town
[A] and hid in the shelters on the ground
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around
and tore the Cuban missiles down.
[Dm] And in that bright October sun
[A] we knew our childhood days were done.
[G] I watched my [G] friends go off to war,
[A] what do they keep on fighting for?
[D]
So my child and I [A] came to this [D] place
to meet him [G] eye to eye [A] and face to [C] face.
He made [G] my daughter laugh,
then we [E] embraced.
[D] We never [A#] knew what friends we [Bm] had
until [A] we came to [D] Leningrad.
[E] [Bm]
[F#] [D] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [E] [Bm]
[F#] [D] [A] [Bm]
[E] [D] [E]
[A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
E
2311
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
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To start learning Billy Joel - Leningrad chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Am, C, G, A, Dm, Am, A, D, G, D and Am. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Victor [G] was born in the spring of 44.
I never saw his father [A] ever.
[C] A child of sacrifice, [A] a child [E] of war,
[D] another [F#] son who never [B] had.
A [A] father after learning [D] grand,
went [G] off to school and learned [A] to sell [D] estates,
followed [G] the rules and drank [A] his vodka straight.
The [G] only way to [A] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D] Russian [F#] life was very [Bm] sad,
such was life [D] in the Midlands.
_ [Dm] When I was born in 49,
[A] a Cold War kid in the coffee time,
[G] slumbered with the 38 in parallel,
[A] blasted those yellow reds to hell.
[D] Cold War [Dm] kids were hardly [A] killed,
on their [Am] desks skinny and raged.
[G] Haven't they heard of the Mother of [A] War?
What do they keep on fighting for? _
[D] _ Victor was sent to [A] some Red Army [D] town,
served out his time,
_ [A] became a [C] circus clown.
The [G] greatest happiness [A] _ [E] he'd ever found
[D] was [A#] making Russian [Bm] children glad
that children lived [D] in Leningrad.
_ _ [Dm] The children lived in Red Town
[A] and hid in the shelters on the ground
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around
and tore the Cuban missiles down.
[Dm] And in that bright October sun
[A] we knew our childhood days were done.
[G] I watched my [G] friends go off to war,
[A] what do they keep on fighting for?
_ _ [D] _
So my child and I [A] came to this [D] place
to meet him [G] eye to eye [A] and face to [C] face.
He made [G] my daughter laugh,
then we [E] embraced.
[D] We never [A#] knew what friends we [Bm] had
until [A] we came to [D] Leningrad.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Billy Joel.

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