Back in the USSR

Elton John

Tom: E

Intro: E E7

A                        D
Flew in from Miami Beach B. O. A. C.
C                      D
didn't get to bed last night,
A                            D
on the way the paperback was on my knee,
C                     D
man, I had a dreadful flight.

(Chorus:)
                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.,
C                            D
you don't know how lucky you are boy,
                  A  D E
back in the U.S.S.R.

 
A                           D
Been away so long, I hardly knew the place,
C                         D
gee, it's good to be back home,
A                           D
leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case,
C                     D
honey, disconnect the phone!

(Chorus:) 
                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
C                            D
you don't know how lucky you are boy!
                                                        A  A7
Back in the U.S. - back in the U.S. - back in the U.S.S.R.
 
          D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
     A
they leave the West behind. 
    D                    B7
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
     E                         D              A     D E
that Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind.
            A D C D A D C D
Oh come on!

(Chorus:)
                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.,
C                                D
you don't know how lucky you are boy,
                  A  A7
back in the U.S.S.R.
 
          D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
     A
they leave the West behind,
    D                    B7
and Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
     E                         D              A     D E
that Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind.

A                                   D
Show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down south,
C                       D
take me to your daddy's farm.
A                            D
Let me hear your balalaikais ringing out,
C                          D
come and keep your comrade warm.

                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.,
C                            D
you don't know how lucky you are boy,
                  A  D E A
back in the U.S.S.R.