Leningrad
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Leningrad
Billy Joel
#Storm Front CD recording in C, this one in G
G
Viktor was
Am
born
C
in spring of
D
'44
G
And he never
Am
saw
C
his father
D
anymore
G
A child of
Am
sacrifice,
G
a child of
A7
war
G
Another
D
son who never
Em
had a father
C
after
D
Lenin
G
grad
G
Went of to
Am
school
C
and learned to
D
serve the state
G
Followed the
Am
rules
C
and drank his
D
vodka straight
G
The only
Am
way to live
G
was drown the
A7
hate
G
A Russian
D
life was very
Em
sad and such was
C
life in
D
Lenin
G
grad
Gm
I was born in '49 a
Dm
cold war kid in Mc Carthy time
F
Stop 'em a the 38th parallel
D7
blast those yellow reds to hell
And
Gm
Cold War kids were hard to kill
Dm
under their desk in an air raid drill
F
Haven't they heard we won the war
D7
what do they keep on fighting for?
Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
Served out his time, became a circus clown
The greatest happiness he'd ever found
Was making russian children glad and children lived in Leningrad
But children lived in Levitown and hid in the shelters underground
Until the Soviets turned their ships around and tore all the cuban missles down
And in that bright Oktober sun we knew our childhood days were done
And I watched my friends go off to war what do they keep on fighting for?
And so my child and I come to this place
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
We never knew what friends we had until we came to Leningrad
Speed