Biography:
The Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish rock and roll band, famous for its humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.
Originally created as a label under which another Finnish band, the Sleepy Sleepers, could release their English songs and concert extravaganzas, the joke acquired a life on its own. Since its foundation in the late 1980s, the group has appeared in three films by Aki Kaurismäki (Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses and Total Balalaika Show) and also enjoys some success worldwide.
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Leningrad Cowboys
original Dorogoi Dlinnoyu by Alexander Vertinsky (1925)
written by Boris Fomin, lyrics by Konstantin Podrevskii
english lyrics by Gene Raskin
Here's a short movie music video made by Aki Kaurismäki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoxWBZ8ekI
Use a capo on 1. and transpose to Am.
If you have Eb tune, transpose to Bm.
I dont' think they play the 7-chords,
you can take them away with simplify.
[Intro]
Bbm Ebm F7 Bbm Bbm
[Verse 1]
Bbm Bbm
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Bb7 Ebm
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Ebm Bbm
Remember how we laughed away the hours
C7 F7
and think about the great things we would do
N.C
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7 Bbm Bbm
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Verse 2]
Bbm Bbm
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Bb7 Ebm
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
Ebm Bbm
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
C7 F7
Was that lonely woman really me?
N.C.
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Interlude 1]
Bbm Bbm
Padam, padam, padam
Bbm F
Il arrive en courant derrière moi
F F
Padam, padam, padam
F Bbm Bbm
Il me fait le coup du souviens-toi
[Verse 3]
Bbm Bbm
Through the door there came familiar laughter
Bb7 Ebm
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Ebm Bbm
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
C7 F7
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same
N.C.
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
Bbm
Laa la la
[Interlude 2]
Bbm F
Tiho vokrug
F7 Bbm
Sopki pokryty mgloj
Bbm Ebm
Vot is-za tutsch blesnula luna
Bbm F Bbm
Mogili hranyat pokoj
(Not sure about the lyrics here, took them from wikia.
This part is from a russian song "Na sopkah Mantšžurii",
"On the hills of Manchuria" in english...)
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Outro]
Db Ebm Bbm
-TTP
original Dorogoi Dlinnoyu by Alexander Vertinsky (1925)
written by Boris Fomin, lyrics by Konstantin Podrevskii
english lyrics by Gene Raskin
Here's a short movie music video made by Aki Kaurismäki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoxWBZ8ekI
Use a capo on 1. and transpose to Am.
If you have Eb tune, transpose to Bm.
I dont' think they play the 7-chords,
you can take them away with simplify.
[Intro]
Bbm Ebm F7 Bbm Bbm
[Verse 1]
Bbm Bbm
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Bb7 Ebm
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Ebm Bbm
Remember how we laughed away the hours
C7 F7
and think about the great things we would do
N.C
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7 Bbm Bbm
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Verse 2]
Bbm Bbm
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Bb7 Ebm
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
Ebm Bbm
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
C7 F7
Was that lonely woman really me?
N.C.
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Interlude 1]
Bbm Bbm
Padam, padam, padam
Bbm F
Il arrive en courant derrière moi
F F
Padam, padam, padam
F Bbm Bbm
Il me fait le coup du souviens-toi
[Verse 3]
Bbm Bbm
Through the door there came familiar laughter
Bb7 Ebm
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Ebm Bbm
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
C7 F7
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same
N.C.
[Chorus]
Bbm
Those were the days, my friend
Ebm
We thought they'd never end
Ab Ab7 Db
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
Ebm
We'd live the life we'd choose
Bbm
We'd fight and never lose
F7 Bbm
For we were young and sure to have our way
Bbm
Laa la la
[Interlude 2]
Bbm F
Tiho vokrug
F7 Bbm
Sopki pokryty mgloj
Bbm Ebm
Vot is-za tutsch blesnula luna
Bbm F Bbm
Mogili hranyat pokoj
(Not sure about the lyrics here, took them from wikia.
This part is from a russian song "Na sopkah Mantšžurii",
"On the hills of Manchuria" in english...)
[Chorus]
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Ab Ab7 Db
La La La Laa La Laa La La La Laa
Ebm
La La La Laa La La
Bbm
La La La Laa La La
F7 Bbm
La La La Laa La La La La La Laa
[Outro]
Db Ebm Bbm
-TTP
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