Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: Back In The U.S.S.R. Artist: The Beatles Album: The Beatles (The White Album), 1968 URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHD5nd3QLTg http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/back-in-the-ussr/ Tempo: 4|4 Tuning: Standard Chords: EADGBe E7 020100 A X02220 D XX0232 C X32010 D7 XX0212 A7 X02020 Dmaj7/C# X40212 D7/C X30212 B7 X21202 INTRO: |Jet Noise |E7 |E7 |E7 | VERSE 1:

Oh, ^Aflew in from Miami Beach ^DB.O.A.C., ^CDidn't get to bed ^Dlast night. ^A On the way the paper bag was ^Don my knee, ^CMan I had a dreadful ^Dflight. ^A

CHORUS 1:

I'm ^Dback in the U.S.S.^AR.,^B7 ^E7 ^CYou don't know how lucky you ^Dare boy. (D) A A7 Back in the U.S.S.R.. (Yeah)

VERSE 2:

^ABeen away so long I hardly ^Dknew the place, ^CGee it's good to be back ^Dhome. ^A Leave it till tomorrow to un^Dpack my case, ^CHoney disconnect the ^Dphone.

CHORUS 2: (D) A B7 E7 I'm back in the U.S.S.R., C D (Hand Clap) You don't know how lucky you are boy.

N.C.

Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.. (D) A A7 Back in the U.S.S.R..

BRIDGE 1:

Well the ^D7Ukraine girls really knock me out, They l^Aeave the West behind.^A7 And ^DMoscow ^Dmaj7/C#girls make me ^D7/Csing and shout,^B7 That ^E7Georgia's always on ^D7my, my, my, my, my, my, ^Amind.

INSTRUMENTAL:

^AOh come on!… ^DHo yeah!. ^CHo yeah!, ^DHo ho yeah!. (D) Yeah yeah!.

CHORUS 3: (D) A B7 E7 Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R.,

^CYou don't know how lucky you are ^Dboys. (D) A A7 Back in the U.S.S.R..

BRIDGE 2:

VERSE 3:

Oh, ^Ashow me around your snow-peaked mountains ^Dway down south, ^CTake me to your daddy's ^Dfarm. ^ALet me hear your balalaika's ^Dringing out, ^CCome and keep your comrade ^Dwarm.

CHORUS 4: (D) A B7 E7 I'm back in the U.S.S.R..

^CHey you don't know how lucky you ^Dare boys, (D) A A7 Back in the U.S.S.R.

CODA:

Oh, ^B7let me tell you, ^E7honey, I^A’m back! (Shouting) |^AWuh -—- |——— | |^AWuh -—- |——— |——— |——— |

|Jet Noise | (Fade) [End] NOTES: 1. “…I was sitting at the breakfast table and McCartney came down with his acoustic guitar and he was playing Back In The USSR, and I told him that what you ought to do is talk about the girls all around Russia, the Ukraine and Georgia. He was plenty creative not to need any lyrical help from me but I gave him the idea for that little section... I think it was light-hearted and humorous of them to do a take on the Beach Boys. …” - Mike Love, ‘Many Years From Now’, Barry Miles.” http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/back-in-the-ussr/ 2. Unusually, the drums on ‘Back In The USSR’ were recorded mainly by McCartney, with contributions from Lennon and Harrison, after Ringo Starr had temporarily walked out of the group. According to Barry Miles, Starr left when McCartney criticised him for messing up a tom-tom fill. With the atmosphere in the studio already often tense, the altercation was enough for the normally amenable Starr to reach his limit. He left London and spent a fortnight on Peter Sellers' yacht in the Mediterranean. http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/back-in-the-ussr/

The Beatles - Back in the ussr