Key: Gm Intro: D# D# D# D# D Verse: Gm Eb7 Once, I had a palace Gm Gdim Here, merely a flat Gm Eb I fled with some diamonds D Gm And that was that D
(It's very tragic) Gm Eb7 Once, ladies-in waiting Gm Gdim All bending a knee Bb Bbm F Bbm Now, only one lady-in-waiting: me (Ensemble) Ebm No fanfares (Or sedan chairs) Bbm Bbdim Bbm Ebm Bbm And no coaches (And we sold our broaches) Ebm Bbm Ebm F Bbm No afternoon card games with the Tsar (Lily) No caviar Ebm E But I say we're not dead now Abm (We're not dead now We're in France instead, now) Bb Let us not be sad B The night's young B And Russians are mad, so Em Let's live in the land of yesterday Edim Edim B Live in the grand Imperial heyday Em Edim B Let's live in the land of yesterday Russia (Husha!) Em Let's put on the fancy clothes Am Edim And let's while our woes away Em B Em In Russia Land of yesterday Am In dire circumstances Em Why wallow in regret? Am We're out of second chances Em Why are we here, except to forget? Am We know the world is fickle Em Life is a leaky sieve Edim Pass me a glass and give me a bow Edim5 Abm Amdim And drink to the countess nobody now D7 B Why should I care as long as I dare to live B (In the land of yesterday) Em Am Edim Let's run up the bill as if we're still Royalty at play Em B In Russia, land of yesterday Interlude: F# G (x3) F# F#7 F#6 F# Gm Gm Gdim Gm (x2) D7 D7 D7 D7 D D7 D6b D Gm Gm Gm Gm Am Am Em Edim Am Edim Em C B B B B B The night's young B And Russians are mad, so Em Let's live in the land of yesterday Edim Em B Live in the grand Imperial heyday Em Edim B Let's live in the land of yesterday Russia (Husha!) Em Let's brush off the days of old Am Edim And let's hold the world at bay Em C Yes, here's to Russia! Em C7 Here's to Russia! Em Here's to Russia! Am B Em Land of yesterday Em Edim Em (riff) B Em Land of yesterday, hey