BACK IN THE U.S.S.R
                              (Lennon/McCartney)
                                 The Beatles
                            The "White Album" (1968)


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 A                          D
Flew in from Miami Beach B. O. A. C.
 C                       D
Didn't get to bed last night
A                            D
On the way the paperback was on my knee
 C                      D
Man I had a dreadful flight


                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
C                             D
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 be back home
  A                          D
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
  C                    D
Honey disconnect the phone


                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
C                             D
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Gadd9                 
Back in the U.S.

Back in the U.S.
               A
Back in the U.S.S.R.

            D
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
       A
They leave the West behind
       D   D/C#          D/C       D/B
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
       E                         D             A     D  Eb E
That Geogia's always on my mi mi mi mi mi mi mind         [Oh come on!]


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                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
 C                            D
You don't know how lucky you are boy
                  A 
Back in the U.S.S.R.



            D
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
       A
They leave the West behind
       D   D/C#          D/C       D/B
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
       E                         D             A     D  Eb E
That Geogia's always on my mi mi mi 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 balalaikais ringing out
 C                          D
Come and keep your comrade warm


                      A
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
 C                            D
You don't know how lucky you are boy
                  A   D Eb E   A
Back in the U.S.S.R.



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transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu