Chords for Billy Joel - Leningrad (Official Video)
Tempo:
69.125 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [A] [Em] [B] [G]
[D] [Em] [A] [Bm]
[Em] [A] [A] [D]
[G] Victor was born the [A] spring of [D] 44.
[Em] I never saw [G] his [A] father [D] anymore.
A [G] child of [D] sacrifice, a [E] child of war, [D]
[A#] another son who [Bm] never had.
[G] Father [A] after [D]
Leningrad [G] went off to school and learned [A] to serve [D] the state,
[G] follow the rules and [A] drank his bath [D] the straights.
The [Bm] only [G] way to [D] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D]
[A#] Russian life was [Bm] very sad, [E] such [A] was life [D] in Leningrad.
[Dm] I was born in 49, [Am]
a Cold War kid in the coffee [G] time.
Stop them at the 38th parallel, [D]
blast those [A] yellow reds to [D] hell.
Cold War [Dm] kids were hard to [Am] kill, under their dead skin and air they [C] drilled.
[G] And they heard we won the [Em] war, but they [A] keep on fighting for.
[D] [Em] Victor was [D] sent to [A] some red army [D] town, [G] served out his time, [A] became a [D] service clown.
The [G] greatest [D] happiness [E] he'd ever found [D] [F#] was making Russian [Bm] children glad.
The children [A] lived [D] in Leningrad.
[Dm] The children lived in a town [E] hidden in [Am] shelters underground,
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around and saw the Cuban missiles [Dm] down.
And in that bright October [E] sun we knew our [Am] childhood days were done.
And I [G] watched my friends go off to [Em] war, but they keep [A] on fighting for.
[D] So my [G] child and I [A] came to this [D] place to [G] meet him eye to eye [A] and face [D] to face.
He [G] made my daughter [D] laugh, [E] then we embraced.
[D] We [F#] never knew what [Bm] friends we had until [A] we came [D] to Leningrad.
[A] [E] [F#] [Bm] [F#]
[D] [A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [F#]
[D] [A] [Bm] [E]
[D] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [Em] [A] [Bm]
[Em] [A] [A] [D]
[G] Victor was born the [A] spring of [D] 44.
[Em] I never saw [G] his [A] father [D] anymore.
A [G] child of [D] sacrifice, a [E] child of war, [D]
[A#] another son who [Bm] never had.
[G] Father [A] after [D]
Leningrad [G] went off to school and learned [A] to serve [D] the state,
[G] follow the rules and [A] drank his bath [D] the straights.
The [Bm] only [G] way to [D] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D]
[A#] Russian life was [Bm] very sad, [E] such [A] was life [D] in Leningrad.
[Dm] I was born in 49, [Am]
a Cold War kid in the coffee [G] time.
Stop them at the 38th parallel, [D]
blast those [A] yellow reds to [D] hell.
Cold War [Dm] kids were hard to [Am] kill, under their dead skin and air they [C] drilled.
[G] And they heard we won the [Em] war, but they [A] keep on fighting for.
[D] [Em] Victor was [D] sent to [A] some red army [D] town, [G] served out his time, [A] became a [D] service clown.
The [G] greatest [D] happiness [E] he'd ever found [D] [F#] was making Russian [Bm] children glad.
The children [A] lived [D] in Leningrad.
[Dm] The children lived in a town [E] hidden in [Am] shelters underground,
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around and saw the Cuban missiles [Dm] down.
And in that bright October [E] sun we knew our [Am] childhood days were done.
And I [G] watched my friends go off to [Em] war, but they keep [A] on fighting for.
[D] So my [G] child and I [A] came to this [D] place to [G] meet him eye to eye [A] and face [D] to face.
He [G] made my daughter [D] laugh, [E] then we embraced.
[D] We [F#] never knew what [Bm] friends we had until [A] we came [D] to Leningrad.
[A] [E] [F#] [Bm] [F#]
[D] [A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [F#]
[D] [A] [Bm] [E]
[D] [A] [E] [A]
Key:
D
A
G
E
Bm
D
A
G
[D] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Victor was born the [A] spring of [D] 44.
[Em] I never saw [G] his [A] father [D] anymore.
A [G] child of [D] sacrifice, a [E] child of war, [D] _
[A#] another son who [Bm] never had.
[G] Father [A] after [D]
Leningrad [G] went off to school and learned [A] to serve [D] the state,
[G] follow the rules and [A] drank his bath [D] the straights.
The [Bm] only [G] way to [D] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D] _
[A#] Russian life was [Bm] very sad, [E] such [A] was life [D] in Leningrad.
_ [Dm] I was born in 49, [Am]
a Cold War kid in the coffee [G] time.
Stop them at the 38th parallel, [D]
blast those [A] yellow reds to [D] hell.
Cold War [Dm] kids were hard to [Am] kill, under their dead skin and air they [C] drilled.
[G] And they heard we won the [Em] war, but they [A] keep on fighting for.
_ _ [D] _ [Em] Victor was [D] sent to [A] some red army [D] town, [G] served out his time, _ [A] became a [D] service clown.
The [G] greatest [D] happiness [E] he'd ever found [D] _ [F#] was making Russian [Bm] children glad.
The children [A] lived [D] in Leningrad. _
_ [Dm] The children lived in a town [E] hidden in [Am] shelters underground,
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around and saw the Cuban missiles [Dm] down.
And in that bright October [E] sun we knew our [Am] childhood days were done.
And I [G] watched my friends go off to [Em] war, but they keep [A] on fighting for.
_ _ [D] _ So my [G] child and I [A] came to this [D] place to [G] meet him eye to eye [A] and face [D] to face.
He [G] made my daughter [D] laugh, [E] then we embraced.
[D] We [F#] never knew what [Bm] friends we had until [A] we came [D] to Leningrad.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Victor was born the [A] spring of [D] 44.
[Em] I never saw [G] his [A] father [D] anymore.
A [G] child of [D] sacrifice, a [E] child of war, [D] _
[A#] another son who [Bm] never had.
[G] Father [A] after [D]
Leningrad [G] went off to school and learned [A] to serve [D] the state,
[G] follow the rules and [A] drank his bath [D] the straights.
The [Bm] only [G] way to [D] live was [E] drown the hate.
[D] _
[A#] Russian life was [Bm] very sad, [E] such [A] was life [D] in Leningrad.
_ [Dm] I was born in 49, [Am]
a Cold War kid in the coffee [G] time.
Stop them at the 38th parallel, [D]
blast those [A] yellow reds to [D] hell.
Cold War [Dm] kids were hard to [Am] kill, under their dead skin and air they [C] drilled.
[G] And they heard we won the [Em] war, but they [A] keep on fighting for.
_ _ [D] _ [Em] Victor was [D] sent to [A] some red army [D] town, [G] served out his time, _ [A] became a [D] service clown.
The [G] greatest [D] happiness [E] he'd ever found [D] _ [F#] was making Russian [Bm] children glad.
The children [A] lived [D] in Leningrad. _
_ [Dm] The children lived in a town [E] hidden in [Am] shelters underground,
[G] till the Soviets turned their ships [A] around and saw the Cuban missiles [Dm] down.
And in that bright October [E] sun we knew our [Am] childhood days were done.
And I [G] watched my friends go off to [Em] war, but they keep [A] on fighting for.
_ _ [D] _ So my [G] child and I [A] came to this [D] place to [G] meet him eye to eye [A] and face [D] to face.
He [G] made my daughter [D] laugh, [E] then we embraced.
[D] We [F#] never knew what [Bm] friends we had until [A] we came [D] to Leningrad.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _