Red Army Blues

[Verso 1] Am F When I left my home and my family G Em my mother said to me Am F "Son, it's not how many Germans you kill that counts G Em it's how many people you set free" Am F So I packed my bags brushed my cap G Em Walked out into the world Am F Seventeen years old G Em Never kissed a girl Interlude Am F G Em Am F G Em Uh uh uh uh uh... [Verso 2] Am F Took the train to Voronezh G Em that was as far as it would go Am F Changed my sacks for a uniform G Em Bit my lip against the snow Am F I prayed for mother Russia G Em In the summer of '43 Am F And as we drove the Germans back G Em I really believed that God was listening to me {Interlude 2} Am F G Em Am F G Em Uh uh uh uh uh... [Verso 3] Am F We howled into Berlin G Em Tore the smoking buildings down Am F Raised the red flag high G Em Burnt the reichstag brown Am F I saw my first American G Em And he looked a lot like me Am F He had the same kinda farmer's face G Em Am Said he'd come from some place called Hazzard, Tennessee {Interlude 3} Am F G Em Am F G Em Uh uh uh uh uh... [Verso 4] Am F Then the war was over G Em My discharge papers came Am F Me and twenty hundred others G Em went to Stettiner for the train Am F Kiev! said the commissar G Em From there your own way home Am F But I never got to Kiev G Em We never came by home Am F Train went north to the Taiga G Em We were stripped and marched in file Am F Up the great siberian road G Em For miles and miles and miles and miles Am F Dressed in stripes and tatters G Em In a gulag left to die Am F All because Comrade Stalin was scared that G Em We'd become too westernized! {Interlude 4} Am F G Em Am F G Em Uh uh uh uh uh... [Verso 5] Am F Used to love my country G Em Used to be so young Am F Used to believe that life was G Em The best song ever sung Am F I would have died for my country G Em In 1945 Am F G Em But now only one thing remains Am F G Em But now only one thing remains Am F G Em But now only one thing remains Am F G But now only one thing remains Em Am F G Em The brute will to survive!