Billy Joel - Leningrad

^C Viktor was ^Dm/Cborn___^F/C_in the spring of ^G/Cforty four ^C And never ^Dm/Csaw___^F/C_his father ^G/Canymore C7/Bb F/A Csus/G C/G D/F# A child of sacrifice, a child of war ^C/G Another so^G#dimn who never ha^Amd a father^F after^G Leningr^Cad

^C Went off^Dm/C to school___^F/C_and learned to s^G/Cerve the state ^C Followed the r^Dm/Cules___^F/C_and drank his ^G/Cvodka straight C7/Bb F/A Csus/G C/G D/F# The only way to live was drown the hate ^C/G A Russian l^G#dimife was very s^Amad And such was^D life i^Gn Leningr^Cad

^Cm I was born in '49 A ^Gmcold war kid in McCarthy time ^FsusStop 'em at the 38th ^FParallel ^GsusBlast those yellow ^Greds to hell And ^Csuscold war kids were ^Cmhard to kill ^GsusUnder their desk in an ^Gmair raid drill ^FsusHaven't they heard we ^Fwon the war ^GsusWhat do they keep on ^Gfighting for?

^C Viktor wa^Dm/Cs sent^F/C to some Red A^G/Crmy town ^C Served out h^Dm/Cis time,^F/C became a ^G/Ccir__c^G/Bus clown C7/Bb F/A Csus/G C/G D/F# The greatest happiness he'd____ever found ^C/G Was making R^G#dimussian children gl^Amad And children^F lived i^Gn Leningr^Cad

^Cm But children lived in Levittown And ^Gmhid in the shelters underground Until the S^Fsusoviets turned their^F ships around ^Gsus And tore the Cuban m^Gissiles down And ^Csusin that bright Oc^Cmtober sun We ^Gsusknew our childhood ^Gmdays were done And I^Fsus watched my friends go ^Foff to war ^GsusWhat do they keep on ^Gfighting for?

^C And so my^Dm/C child and ^F/CI cam^G/Ce to this place ^C To meet hi^Dm/Cm eye to ^F/Ceye and^G/C face t^G/Bo face C7/Bb F/A Csus/G C/G D/F# He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced ^C/G We never kne^G#dimw what friends we h^Amad Until we c^Dame t^Go Leningr^Cad ^D