Back In The USSR
Words & Music:
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
This is fully tabbed in the November 2009 issue of Guitar
Edge.
E E7
A7
D7
C
D7
Flew in from Miami Beach, B. O. A. C. Didn't get to bed last night
A7
D7
C
D7
On the way the paper bag was on my knee; man, I had a
dreadful flight.
CHORUS 1:
A7 C7
D7
I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
[n.c.]
A7 D7 Eb7 E7
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place.
Gee, it's good to be back home.
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case.
Honey, disconnect the phone.
CHORUS 2:
A7 C7
D7 E7
I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
Abadd9 Gadd9
A7 B7
Back in the U.S., back in the U.S., back in the U.S.S.R.
BRIDGE:
C7
C#7 D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
A7
They leave the West behind.
D7
C#7 C7 B7
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout;
E7
D7 A D7 Eb7 E7
That Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind! [Oh, come
on!]
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:
A
D
B
|-15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15------15------15-----|
G
|-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-17b(19)-17b(19)|
C
D
A
D
B
|---------15--15b(17)b15----------------------------------------------------|
G
|-17--17------------------17--14--14-----15-b(19)17-b(19)17-b(19)17-b(19)17-|
C D
B |---------15--15b(17)b15--------------|
G |-17--17------------------17--14--14--|
CHORUS 1:
BRIDGE:
Oh, show me 'round the snow-peaked mountains way down south.
Take me to your daddy's farm.
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out.
Come and keep your comrade warm.
CHORUS 1:
[out on A7]