Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G BB
E minorEm C majorC BB
E minorEm C majorC BB
Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
What a time, in '89
BB E minorEm
We drank our fill of Russian wine
C majorC BB E minorEm
Your laughter rang through alleyways
C majorC BB
And set my heart ablaze
Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
I worshipped you in worn-out jeans
BB E minorEm
In frigid flats with old latrines
C majorC BB E minorEm
The city lights, they seemed to gleam
C majorC BB
More brightly in those days
Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G BB
E minorEm C majorC BB
E minorEm C majorC B7B7
Verse 3:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Now twenty years have come and gone
BB E minorEm
But still your laughter lingers on
C majorC B7B7 E minorEm
And weary eyes of dogs and men
C majorC BB
They fill my thoughts again
Verse 4:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Not much has changed, for all they say
BB E minorEm
The rich still rule; the poor still pray
C majorC B7B7 E minorEm
I see them kneeling everywhere these days
C majorC BB
And where are you my friend?
Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G BB
E minorEm C majorC BB
E minorEm C majorC B7B7
Verse 5:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
What a time, in '89
BB E minorEm
The world was ours, and you were mine
C majorC B7B7 E minorEm C majorC
We sang until the wall came tumbling down
A minorAm BB E minorEm
What an awful sound
Instrumental:
C majorC BB D MajorD
C majorC A minorAm