Chords for Roads To Moscow Al Stewart

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They crossed over the [Db] border the hour [Ebm] before dawn
Moving [Db]
in [B] lines through the day Most [Gb] of our [Db] planes would have stride on the
[Abm] ground where they lay _ _ [Ebm] Waiting for [Abm] orders were [Ebm] held in the wood
_ _ [Db] Word from the [B] front never came [Ebm] By [Gb] evening the sound of the [Db] gunfire was miles [Abm]
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Our [Eb] starfleet would move through the shadows [E] Slip away through the trees
[Eb] Crossing their lines in the mists and [E] the fields On our hands and our knees
[B] _ [Gb] How now did I ever _ [B]
[Gb] was able to [Ebm] see [Eb] The [Abm] fire in the [Gb] air glowing red
[Gb] Silhouetting the smoke [E] on the [Abm] breeze
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_ _ _ _ All summer they drove [Ab] us back through [Ebm] the Ukraine _ _ [Db] Smolensk and Vyazma [B] soon fell
_ [Gb] My autumn whispered [Db] with our backs to the town [Abm] of Orlov
Closer [Ebm] and closer [Db] to [Ebm] Moscow they come _ _ [Db] Riding [Abm] the wind like a [Ebm] bell
General [Gb] _
[Db] Guderian stands [Abm] at the crest of the hill
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Winter bought with the rains [E] Oceans of mud for the roads
[Eb] Glowing the tracks of their tanks to the ground [E] While the sky filled with snow
[B] How now [Gb] did I ever [B] was [Ebm] able to see [Eb]
The [Abm] fire in the air [Gb] glowing [E] red
[Gb] Silhouetting the snow [E] on the breeze
_ [Abm] _ [Gb] In _ [E] _ _ _
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[Abm] the footsteps of Napoleon [Gb] The shadow figures stagger [E] through the winter
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Falling back before the gates [Gb] of Moscow Standing at the wings [E] like an avenger
And [Abm] far away behind their [Gb] lines The partisans are [E] stirring in the forest
[Abm] Coming unexpectedly [Gb] upon their outposts Growing [E] like a promise _
[Abm] You'll never know, you'll never know [Gb] Which way to turn, which way to look
[B] You'll never see [E] us
[Abm] As we're sailing through the darkness [Gb] of the night You'll never know, [E] you'll never hear us
[Gb] And the evening sings [E] in a voice of [Eb] amber The dawn is [E] surely coming
[Gb] The morning road [E] leads to Stalingrad [Eb] And the sky is _ [E] softly humming
_ [Ebm] Two _ _ _ _ _ _ _ broken [Db] tigers on [Ebm] fire in the night _ [Db] Flicker their [Ebm] souls to the wind
We're [Gb] waiting in the [Db] lines for the final approach [Abm] to begin _
_ [Ebm] It's been almost four [Db] years that I've [Ebm] carried a gun At _ [Db] home it'll [B] almost be [Gb] spring
The flames of the [Db] tigers are lighting the [Abm] road to Berlin
_ [Ebm] Ah, [Eb] quickly we move through the [E] ruins that bow up to the ground
[Eb] The old men and children they send out faces [E] that can't slow us down
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I never [Gb] _ _ was able to see [Eb]
The eyes [Abm] of the city [Gb] are [E] opening now
[Gb] It's the [E] end of the [B] dream _
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[Ebm] I'm coming [Abm] home, I'm coming home Now you [Gb] can taste it in the wind
The war [E] is over
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[Gb] And [Abm] I listen to the clicking of the [Gb] train wheels As we roll across [B] the [E] border
[Gb] And [Abm] now they ask me of [Gb] the time that I was caught behind their lines and [E] taken prisoner
[Gb] They [Abm] only held me for a day, a lucky [Gb] break I say, they turn and [E] listen closer
[Dbm] I'll [Ab] never know, I'll never know why [Gb] I was taken from the line and [E] all the others
[Abm] So board a special train and [Gb] journey deep into the heart of [E] holy Russia
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[Gb] And it's cold and damp [E] in the tronset, camp [Eb] in the air is [E] still and sullen
[Gb] And the pale sun [E] of October [Eb] whispers the snow will [E] soon be coming
[Gb] And I wonder when [E] I'll be home again, [Eb] and the morning [E] answers never
[Gb] And the evening [E] spies and the steely [Eb] Russian skies go on _ [E] forever _ _ _ _ _
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