Russians Chords

Notes before you play:
1. This song is more easily played 3 semitones lower (or with capo 3) - the key of Am.
2. I wrote "Soviets" stretched out with hyphens ("So-vi-ets"). That is for the chords to fit over
   the correct syllables.
3. Originally, it is played on the organ, so I advise you to use a keyboard.
4. Do not play the song by strumming, it will not sound right. Instead, do this:
   (1) If you are playing a keyboard, hit the bass notes on the first beat (where the chord is
    written), and the right hand chord on the second (halfway to the next chord).
   (2) If you are playing a guitar, pluck the bass on the first beat (where the chord is written),
   and pluck the rest of the chord on the second beat (halfway to the next chord).
 
Key of Cm (with passages in C melodic minor), standard tuning, no capo necessary
 
 
[Verse 1]
   Cm     Cm7/Bb Ab  Bb
In Europe and   America
          Fm      Gm           Ab   Bb
there's a growing feeling of hysteria.
   Cm             Cm7/Bb  Ab      Bb
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
          G/B     Cm              Gsus4 G
in the rhetorical speeches of the So-vi-ets.
 
[Chorus 1]
    Eb        Eb           G/B  G/B
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you,
  Cm         Cm           G        G
I don't subscribe to this point of view.
            Cm      Cm7/Bb   Ab       Bb
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
       Fm                  Bb        Cm   Cm
if the Russians love their children too.
 
[Verse 2]
    Cm    Cm7/Bb  Ab     Bb
How can I save my little boy
     Fm   Gm       Ab     Bb
from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?
      Cm      Cm7/Bb    Ab     Bb
There is no monopoly of common sense
   G/B    Cm            Gsus4   G
on either side of the political fence.
 
[Chorus 2]
   Eb        Eb     G/B G/B
We share the same biology,
  Cm          Cm G  G
regardless of ideology.
  Cm       Cm7/Bb Ab     Bb
Believe me when I say to you,
  Fm       Gm       Ab         Bb      (Cm)
I hope the Russians love their children too.
 
[Interlude]
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|
G|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|
D|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|
G|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|
D|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Verse 3]
      Cm       Cm7/Bb   Ab  Bb
There is no historical precedent,
           Fm           Gm           Ab   Bb
to put the words in the mouth of the president.
        Cm      Cm7/Bb     Ab       Bb
There's no such thing as a winnable war,
       G/B    Cm      Gsus4    G
it's a lie we don't believe anymore
 
[Chorus 3]
    Eb     Eb           G/B     G/B
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
  Cm         Cm           G        G
I don't subscribe to this point of view.
  Cm       Cm7/Bb Ab     Bb
Believe me when I say to you
           Fm                  Bb       Cm   Cm
I hope the Russians love their children too.
 
[Interlude]
 |Cm      Cm7/Bb  |Ab      Bb      |Fm      Gm      |Ab      Bb
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 |Cm      Cm7/Bb  |Ab      Bb      |G/B     Cm      |Gsus4   G
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|
G|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|
D|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Chorus 4]
   Eb        Eb     G/B G/B
We share the same biology,
  Cm          Cm G  G
regardless of ideology.
Cm         Cm7/Bb  Ab     Bb
What might save us me and you,
          Fm        Gm   Ab      Bb      (Cm)
is if the Russians looove  their children too.
 
[Outro] (Repeat and Fade Out)
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F    |Cm      Ab      |Cm/Eb   Cm/F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|
G|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|
D|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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