Leningrad

(G) Victor was (Am)born (C) the spring of (D)44
(G) And never (Am)saw (C) his father (D)anymore
(G) A child of (C)sacrifice, (G) a child of (Em)war
(G) Another (D)son who never (Em)had a father (C)after (D)Lenin(G)grad

(G) Went off 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 (C)way to live (G)was drown the (Em)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(Bb)Carthy time
(F)Stop 'em at the 38th parallel, (D)blast those yellow Reds to Hell
(Gm)Cold war kids were hard to kill (Dm)under their desks in an (Bb)air raid drill
(F)Haven't they heard we won the war
(D)What do they keep on fighting for?

(G) Victor was (Am)sent (C) to some Red (D)Army town
(G)Served out his (Am)time, (C) became a (D)circus clown
(G) The greatest (C)happiness (G)he ever (Em)found
(G)Was making (D)Russian children (Em)glad, and children (C)lived in (D)Lenin(G)grad.

(Gm)Children lived in Levittown, (Dm) headed for shelter (Bb)underground
(F)Til the Soviets turned their ships around, (D)tore the Cuban missiles down
(Gm)And in that bright October sun (Dm)we knew our childhood (Bb)days were done
(F)And I watched my friends go off to war
(D)What do they keep on fighting for?

(G) And so my (Am)child (C)and I came (D)to this place
(G) To meet him (Am)eye (C)to eye and (D) face to face
(G)He made my (C)daughter laugh, (G)then we em(Em)braced
(G)We never (D)knew what friends we (Em)had until we (C)came to (D)Lenin(G)grad.