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*opening track of the 1968 beatles album*
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‘2 MINUTES’ / ’43 SECONDS’
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(4:4)
(A blues)
(reference note: D)
INTRO:
(E7)
VERSE:
(Asus4 A) x 4
(flew in from miami beach…)
(D)
(C Csus2 C Csus2 C)
(D)
(Asus4 A) x 4
(D)
(C)
(D)
CHORUS:
(D D# E)
(A)
(USSR)
(C) (D)
(you don’t know how lucky you are…)
(A)
(D D# E)
BRIDGE:
(A)
(D7)
(ukraine…)
(A) (A7)
(leave the…)
(D) (Dmaj7) (D7) (B7)
(and moscow girls…)
(E7) (D7) (A)
(georgia’s always on my mind…)
(D D# E)
(***BACK TO “BACK IN THE USSR”***)
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INTRO:
oh…
VERSE 1:
flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
didn’t get to bed last night…
on the way the paper bag was on my knee…
man i had a dreadful flight…
CHORUS:
i’m back in the USSR…
you don’t know how lucky you are boy…
back in the U.S.S.R.
(yeah…)
VERSE 2:
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:
i’m back in the U.S.S.R.
you don’t know how lucky you are boy…
Back in the U.S…
Back in the U.S…
Back in the U.S.S.R…
BRIDGE 1:
well the Ukraine girls really knock me out…
they leave the ‘West’ behind…
and Moscow girls make me sing and shout…
that Georgia’s always on my mind…
VERSE:
(guitar solo)
Aw come on!
Ho yeah!
Ho yeah!
Ho ho yeah!
Yeah yeah!
CHORUS 3:
yeah I’m back in the U.S.S.R…
you don’t know how lucky you are boys
back in the U.S.S.R…
BRIDGE 2:
well the Ukraine girls really knock me out…
they leave the West behind…
and Moscow girls make me sing and shout…
that Georgia’s always on my mind…
VERSE 3:
oh, show me around your 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…
OUTRO:
I’m back in the U.S.S.R…
hey you don’t know how lucky you are boys
back in the U.S.S.R.
Oh let me tell you, honey…
Hey, I’m back!
I’m back in the U.S.S.R…
Yes, I’m free!
Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.
ha ha…
(***BACK TO “BACK IN THE USSR”***)
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🧫🥼🧪✨DEVELOPMENT✨🧪🥼🏋️♀️
(lead track of 1968 eponymous beatles album)
(paul mccartney song)
(he also plays drums)
(mike pirigyi told me this was his favorite beatles song well before i started listening to the beatles in earnest)
(i had never heard of the song when he mentioned it)
(age 8?)
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🤖☠️🛡♞⚔️🛡ENSEMBLE🛡⚔️♘💀🤖
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ENSEMBLE
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥