A D
Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
C D
Didn’t get to bed last night,
A D
On the way the paper bag was on my knee,
C D
Man, I had a dreadful flight.
Chorus:
D A7
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
C7 D7
You don’t know how lucky you are, boy.
A D Eb 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 get back home,
A D
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case,
C D
Honey disconnect the phone.
Chorus:
D A7
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
C7 D7
You don’t know how lucky you are, boy.
D/E
Back in the U.S.
G/E
Back in the U.S.
A
Back in the U.S.S.R.
A D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out.
A
They leave the West behind.
D F#m/C# Am6/C B7
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
E7 D7 A D B79- E7
That Georgia’s always on my mi-mi-mi-…-mind.
E7
Oh, come on!
Chorus:
D A7
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
C7 D7
You don’t know how lucky you are, boy.
A D Eb E
Back in the U.S.S.R.
A D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out.
A
They leave the West behind.
D F#m/C# Am6/C B7
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
E7 D7 A D B79- E7
That Georgia’s always on my mi-mi-mi-…-mind.
A D
Oh, 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 balalaika’s ringing out,
C D
Come and keep your comrade warm.
Chorus:
D A7
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
C7 D7
You don’t know how lucky you are, boy.
A D Eb E
Back in the U.S.S.R.
