Written by Billy Joel >From his album Storm Front Transcribed by Claus Hetzer (Claus_Hetzer@baylor.edu) Well, this is one of Billy Joel's best songs. Originally on piano, of course, and I'm not sure what key it was written in; I've put it in G. Verse Chord Pattern 1:

^GVictor was ^Amborn ^Cthe spring of '^D44 ^GAnd never ^Amsaw ^Chis father ^Danymore ^GA child of ^Csacrifice, ^Ga child of ^Emwar ^GAnother ^Dson who never ^Emhad a father ^Caf^Dter Lenin^Ggrad

Pattern 1: Went off to school and learned to serve the state Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight The only way to live was drown the hate A Russian life was very sad, and such was life in Leningrad. Verse Chord Pattern 2:

^GmI was born in '49, a ^Dmcold war kid in Mc^BbCarthy time ^FStop 'em at the 38th parallel, ^Dblast those yellow Reds to Hell ^GmCold war kids were hard to kill ^Dmunder their desks in an ^Bbair raid drill ^FHaven't they heard we won the war ^DWhat do they keep on fighting for'

Pattern 1: Victor was sent to some Red Army town Served out his time, became a circus clown The greatest happiness he ever found Was making Russian children glad, and children lived in Leningrad. Pattern 2: Children lived in Levittown, headed for shelter underground 'Til the Soviets turned their ships around, tore the Cuban missiles down And in that bright October sun we knew our childhood days were done And I watched my friends go off to war What do they keep on fighting for' Pattern 1: And so my child and I came 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.

Billy Joel - Leningrad