The Strawbs

Russian Front

The Strawbs


Tom: Am

F  G  F  G  Bb  Am
C  G  Dm  Am  (3x)  
C  G  F E   Am

[Verse 1]

It was back along summer of forty years
                G        F         C
I'll tell you a story to bring you tears
    Am
The likes of a romance so few hears
F          G       Am
Out on the Russian front


[Verse 2]

She had startling eyes of sapphire blue
               G             F       C
She lived in a house where camellias grew
Am                                F  G  C  F  Am
Where she came from, no one knew


[Verse 3]

He stood as firm as the mighty oak
           G       F      C
Smelled as keen as forest smoke
   Am
He loved her with a velvet stroke
F          G       Am
Out on the Russian front


[Verse 4]

She loved a man who burst with pride
       G           F      C
Buried deep in her countryside
      Am                             F  G  E   C
Their love for life was long denied


[Lead Break]


[Verse 5]
Am
Even now I'm still unclear
          G          F     C
Those who loved each other dear
    Am
Are living in a state of fear
F          G       Am
Out on the Russian front


[Verse 6]

Both were sent their separate ways
        G        F     C
Victims of their yesterdays
      Am                         F  G  E   C
The party wins, the farmer pays

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