Chord Leningrad by Billy Joel

the intro and ending might confuse you but it’s actually fairly simple , just listen closely to the song and you’ll figure it out . . . leningrad D A/C# - D Bm A B/D# - Em B/D# - Em A/C# B G D/F# Em A/C# A G/B G A A/C# D intro D Em/D G/D A/D victor was born the spring of 44 D Em/D G/D A/D and never saw his father anymore D/C G/B Dsus/A Bm/G# a child of sacrifice , a child of war D/A bbaug Bm G A D another son who never had a father after leningrad D Em/D G/D A/D went off to school and learned to serve the state D Em/D G/D A/D followed the rules and drank his vodka straight D/C G/B Dsus/A Bm/G# the only way to live was drown the hate D/A bbaug Bm Em A D a russian life was very sad , and such was life in leningrad Dm Asus Am i was born in 49 , a cold war kid in mccarthy time Gsus G Asus A stop Em at the 38th parallel , blast those yellow reds to hell Dsus Dm Asus Am cold war kids were hard to kill , under their desks in an air raid drill Gsus G Asus A havent they heard we won the war , what do they keep on fighting for D Em/D G/D A/D victor was sent to some red army town D Em/D G/D A/D served out his time , became a circus clown D/C G/B Dsus/A Bm/G# the greatest happiness he ever found D/A bbaug Bm G A D was making russian children glad , and children lived in leningrad Dm Asus Am children lived in levittown , and hid in the shelters underground Gsus G Asus A til the soviets turned their ships around , and tore the cuban missiles down Dsus Dm Asus Am and in that bright october sun , we knew our childhood days were done Gsus G Asus A and i watched my friends go off to war , what do they keep on fighting for D Em/D G/D A/D and so my child and i came to this place D Em/D G/D A/D to meet him eye to eye and face to face D/C G/B Dsus/A G#dim he made my daughter laugh , then we embraced D/A bbaug Bm G A D E we never knew what friends we had , until we came to leningrad A E/G# - A F#m E F#/A# - Bm F#/A# - Bm E/G# F# D A/C# Bm E7 A E/G# - A F#m E F#/A# - Bm F#/A# - Bm E/G# F# D A/C# Bm E/G# E D/F# D E E/G# A