Billy Joel – Leningrad chords ver. 2

"Leningrad" (Capo: 2nd. fret)

____Intro: 

 C  G  Dm  A  F  C/E
 Dm  G  F  G7sus  G7  C

____Verse: 1

C           Dm/C   F/C               G/C Viktor was born____in the spring of forty four
C          Dm/C  F/C         G/C  And never saw____his father anymore
C7/Bb       F/A      Csus/G  C/G       D/F# A child of sacrifice, a     child of war
C/G        G#dim         Am        F     G       C Another son who never had a father after Leningrad

____Verse: 2

C        Dm/C         F/C              G/C Went off to school____and learned to serve the state
C              Dm/C   F/C            G/C Followed the rules____and drank his vodka straight
C7/Bb     F/A       Csus/G  C/G        D/F# The only way to live was   drown the hate
C/G         G#dim         Am A Russian life was very sad
             D      G        C And such was life in Leningrad

____Bridge: 1

Cm I was born in '49
   Gm A cold war kid in McCarthy time
 Fsus                 F Stop 'em at the 38th Parallel
 Gsus               G Blast those yellow reds to hell
     Csus               Cm And cold war kids were hard to kill
 Gsus                   Gm Under their desk in an air raid drill
 Fsus                  F Haven't they heard we won the war
 Gsus                 G What do they keep on fighting for?

____Verse: 3

C         Dm/C  F/C           G/C Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
C            Dm/C    F/C       G/C   G/B Served out his time, became a cir__cus clown
C7/Bb          F/A     Csus/G  C/G    D/F# The greatest happiness he'd____ever found
C/G          G#dim             Am Was making Russian children glad
             F       G        C And children lived in Leningrad

____Bridge: 2

Cm But children lived in Levittown
     Gm And hid in the shelters underground
            Fsus               F Until the Soviets turned their ships around
Gsus                 G And tore the Cuban missiles down
     Csus             Cm And in that bright October sun
    Gsus               Gm We knew our childhood days were done
      Fsus                   F And I watched my friends go off to war
 Gsus                 G What do they keep on fighting for?

____Verse: 4

C         Dm/C       F/C  G/C And so my child and I came to this place
C          Dm/C     F/C    G/C    G/B To meet him eye to eye and face to face
C7/Bb      F/A           Csus/G   C/G   D/F# He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
C/G          G#dim              Am We never knew what friends we had
           D    G        C  D Until we came to Leningrad

____Coda:

 G  D/G  Am  E/A  
 C/E  G/B  Am  D/F#  D (Repeat)
 C  D  G