Chords with lyrics
Verse:
A5A5
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, hey, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
DmDm
Who's that madman
A minorAm
Flying at full gallop down the street?
DmDm
Who's that madman
Knocking people over,
Running people down,
While his fine gentlemen
E7E7
Hold onto their seats?
A minorAm
(It's Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm
Coming straight at you
A minorAm DmDm
Get out my way, get out my way!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Lashing my whip at horses and peasants!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Risking skin and life twenty times a year
Am7/E
For my fine, fine gentlemen
Yessir, hey, ho, yessir
A minorAm
Yessir, yessir, yessir
E7E7
(More than once)
From Tula to Moscow
Bb7Bb7
And back in just one night!
E7E7
(More than once)
A augmentedA narrow escape
Bb7Bb7
From a wild Cossack fight!
E7E7
(More than once)
They've beaten me
Bb7Bb7
And slapped me with their gloves!
E7E7
(More than once)
Made me drunk on champagne,
Which I love!
A minorAm
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, hey, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
DmDm
Who's that slowpoke
A minorAm
We abuse with wild and tipsy shouts?
DmDm
Who knows things
That would get you sent straight to Siberia
E7E7
If anyone found out?
A minorAm
(It's Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm
Coming straight at you
A minorAm DmDm
Get out my way, get out my way!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Drinking and dancing at Gypsy orgies!
A minorAm
(Balaga!)
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Riding my horses into the ground
Am7/E
For my fine, fine gentlemen
Yessir, hey, ho, yessir
A minorAm
Yessir, yessir, yessir
E7E7
(More than once)
Bb7Bb7
Driven you round with ladies on your laps!
E7E7
(More than once)
Bb7Bb7
Taken you places not on any maps!
E7E7
(More than once)
Bb7Bb7
Galloped faster than ordinary men would dare!
E7E7
(More than once)
Jumped my troika right into the air!
FF C majorC
And I never ask for rubles,
G7G7 C majorC C7C7
Except maybe once a year
FF C majorC
I don't do this for rubles,
E7E7
I do it 'cause I like 'em!
A minorAm
(And we like Balaga too!)
Outro:
N.C.
Whoaoaooaooaooaooooo
DmDm A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
Whoaoaooaooaooaooooo
DmDm A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
Whoaoaooaooaooaooooo
DmDm A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm