Back In The USSR
Words & Music:
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
 
This is fully tabbed in the November 2009 issue of Guitar
Edge.
 
E  E7
 
A7                        
D7         
C                     
D7
Flew in from Miami Beach, B. O. A. C.  Didn't get to bed last night
A7                          
D7         
C                    
D7
On the way the paper bag was on my knee; man, I had a
dreadful flight.
 
CHORUS 1:
                     
A7  C7                          
D7
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.  You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
[n.c.]           
A7   D7  Eb7  E7
Back in the U.S.S.R.
 
Been away so long I hardly knew the place.
Gee, it's good to be back home.
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case.
Honey, disconnect the phone.
 
CHORUS 2:
               
      A7  C7                          
D7     E7
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.  You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
Abadd9          Gadd9                                
A7  B7
Back in the U.S., back in the U.S., back in the U.S.S.R.
 
BRIDGE:
C7  
C#7  D
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
    
A7
They leave the West behind.
   
D7    
C#7           C7       B7
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout;
    
E7                          
D7          A  D7  Eb7  E7
That Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind!       [Oh, come
on!]
 
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:
   
A                                                  
D
B
|-15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15------15------15-----|
G
|-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-(19)-17b(19)-17b(19)-17b(19)|
 
   
C                              
D      
A                
D
B
|---------15--15b(17)b15----------------------------------------------------|
G
|-17--17------------------17--14--14-----15-b(19)17-b(19)17-b(19)17-b(19)17-|
 
   
C                                D
B |---------15--15b(17)b15--------------|
G |-17--17------------------17--14--14--|
 
CHORUS 1:
 
BRIDGE:
 
Oh, show me 'round the snow-peaked mountains way down south.
Take me to your daddy's farm.
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out.
Come and keep your comrade warm.
 
CHORUS 1:
 
[out on A7]