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Roads To Moscow

Al Stewart
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
+9 Em5+9
E|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|
G|------0----|------0----| repeated
D|----4---4--|----4---4--|
A|--2-------2|--3-------3|
E|0----------|0----------|
 Intro solo from Indian Summer live version
 6/8 time
 (Em+9 Em5+9 ) x 2
  +9  Em5+9 [Em]+9
E|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14h15-12--10h12---7h8p7|----------7|
B|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|----7-8-10-|
G|11--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|Rake------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
  Em5+9 [Em]+9 Em#5+9 [Em]+9
E|7h8-7h8p7------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
B|---------10-8-7|--7-8---7--|----7---------------|----------|
G|---------------|9---------9|7h9---9-7h9p7-------|----------|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------10-9-7|7h9-------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
E|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
 
E|---------------2-5|2h5p2------|-----------|------0---|-----------|
B|-------------5----|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
G|---------2-5------|------4-4-4|----2-2-0--|0---------|-----------|
D|-----2-4----------|-----------|----------4|--4-2-----|-----------|
A|-2-3--------------|-----------|-----------|---------2|3s5---2h3p2|
E|------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
  Em+9 Em5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em switch to 4/4
E|------|-------------------|--------0--0-2|2s3--5-7-|7---7-7-7-7-5-3|
B|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|----8-8-8-8-7-5|
G|------|-------------------|--2-2s4-------|---------|---------------|
D|------|--------------2-4-5|--------------|---------|---------------|
A|------|------0-2-3-5------|--------------|---------|---------------|
E|------|0-2-3--------------|--------------|---------|---------------|
  They crossed over...
E|0-----3-3-3-3-2-0|0-------------|
B|0-----5-5-5-5-3-0|0-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|
  They  crossed over the border the hour  before dawn
  Moving  in lines through the day
  Most  of our planes were destroyed  on the ground where they lay
  Waiting  for orders we held  in the wood
  Word  from the front never came
  By evening  the sound of the gunfire  was miles away
  Ah  softly we move through the shadows, slip away  through the trees
 Crossing  their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands  and our
 knees
 And all that I ever,  was able to see
 
 The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze
  All summer they drove us back through  the Ukraine
  Smolensk  and Viasma soon fell
  By autumn  we stood with our backs  to the town of Orel
  Closer  and closer to Moscow  they come
  Riding  the wind like a bell
  General  Guderian stands  at the crest of the hill
 Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud  filled the roads
  Glueing  the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky  filled
 with snow
 And all that I ever,  was able to see
  The fire in the air  glowing red,  silhouetting  the snow  on the breeze.
  Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhh  x4
 
 In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the
 winter
 
 Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an
 avenger
  And far  away behind their lines the partisans  are stirring in the
 forest
  Coming unexpectedly  upon their outposts  growing like a promise
  You'll never know,  you'll never know which way to turn,  which way to
 look
  you'll never see  us
  As we're stealing  through the blackness of the night,  you'll never know
  you'll never hear  us
  And the evening  sings in a voice  of amber the dawn  is surely coming
 
 The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
  Two broken tigers on fire  in the night
  Flicker  their souls to the wind
  We wait  in the lines for the final  approach to begin
  It's been almost  four years that I've carried  a gun
  At home  it will almost be spring
  The flames  of the tigers are lighting  the road to Berlin
  Ah,  quickly we move through the ruins that bow  to the ground
  The old  men and children they throw out to face us, they can't  slow us
 down
 And all that I ever,  was able to see
  The eyes of the city  are opening now  it's the end  of the dream
  Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh  x4
 
 I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war
 is over
 
 And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the
 border
 
 And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken
 prisoner
 
 They only held me for a day a lucky break, I say, they turn and listen
 closer
  I'll never know,  I'll never know why I was taken  from the line
  and all the others
  To board  a special train and journey deep  into the heart of holy Russia
 
 And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and
 sullen
  The pale  sun of October  whispers the snow  will soon be coming
  And I wonder  when I'll be  home again, and the morning  answers, never
  And the evening  sighs and the steely  Russian skies  go on
 

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Readable chord sheet for Roads To Moscow by Al Stewart

[Em]+9        Em
E|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|
G|------0----|------0----| repeated
D|----4---4--|----4---4--|
A|--2-------2|--3-------3|
E|0----------|0----------|

Intro solo from Indian Summer live version

6/8 time

(Em+9 Em

  [Em]+9                         Em

E|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14h15-12--10h12---7h8p7|----------7|
B|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|----7-8-10-|
G|11--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|Rake------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|

  Em

E|7h8-7h8p7------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
B|---------10-8-7|--7-8---7--|----7---------------|----------|
G|---------------|9---------9|7h9---9-7h9p7-------|----------|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------10-9-7|7h9-------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
E|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|

  [Em#5+9]             [Em+9]        [Em#5+9]      [Em+9]       [Em#5+9]

E|---------------2-5|2h5p2------|-----------|------0---|-----------|
B|-------------5----|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
G|---------2-5------|------4-4-4|----2-2-0--|0---------|-----------|
D|-----2-4----------|-----------|----------4|--4-2-----|-----------|
A|-2-3--------------|-----------|-----------|---------2|3s5---2h3p2|
E|------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|

  Em+9   Em

E|------|-------------------|--------0--0-2|2s3--5-7-|7---7-7-7-7-5-3|
B|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|----8-8-8-8-7-5|
G|------|-------------------|--2-2s4-------|---------|---------------|
D|------|--------------2-4-5|--------------|---------|---------------|
A|------|------0-2-3-5------|--------------|---------|---------------|
E|------|0-2-3--------------|--------------|---------|---------------|

       They crossed over...

E|0-----3-3-3-3-2-0|0-------------|
B|0-----5-5-5-5-3-0|0-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|

 [Em]They crossed over the border the [D]hour before [Em]dawn

 [D]Moving in lines through the [Cmaj7]day

 [G]Most of our planes were dest[D]royed on the ground where they [Am]lay

 [Em]Waiting for orders we [D]held in the [Em]wood

 [D]Word from the front never c[Cmaj7]ame

 By [G]evening the sound of the [D]gunfire was miles a[Am]way

 [E]Ah softly we move through the shadows, slip a[Fmaj7]way through the trees

C[E]rossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our h[Fmaj7]ands and our
knees

[C]  And all that I [G]ever, [C]   was able to [G]see    [E]

                 [Am]           [G]          [Fmaj7]      [G]            [Fmaj7]
[Em] The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze

 All summer they drove us back [D]through the Ukr[Em]aine

 Smol[D]ensk and Viasma soon [Cmaj7]fell

 By [G]autumn we stood with our [D]backs to the town of Or[Am]el

 [Em]Closer and closer to [D]Moscow they [Em]come

 [D]Riding the wind like a [Cmaj7]bell

 [G]General Guderian [D]stands at the crest of the [Am]hill

[E] Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of [Fmaj7]mud filled the roads

 [E]Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the [Fmaj7]sky filled
with snow

[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C]  was able to [G]see      [E]

 The fire in the [Am]air glowing r[G]ed, silhou[Fmaj7]etting the [G]snow on the b[Fmaj7]reeze.

 [Am]Ahhhh, [G]ahhhh, [Fmaj7]ahhhhh    x4

        [Am]                        [G]
[Fmaj7] In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the
winter

         [Am]                        [G]
[Fmaj7] Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an
avenger

 And [Am]far away behind their lines the [G]partisans are stirring in the [Fmaj7]
forest

 Coming unexp[Am]ectedly upon their [G]outposts growing like a [Fmaj7]promise

 You'll never [Am]know, you'll never know which way to [G]turn, which way to
look

   you'll never [Fmaj7]see us

 As we're [Am]stealing through the blackness of the [G]night, you'll never know

   you'll never [Fmaj7]hear us

 And the [G]evening sings in a [Fmaj7]voice of amber the [E]dawn is surely [Fmaj7]coming

     [G]                     [Fmaj7]              [E]               [Fmaj7]
[Em] The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming

 Two broken tigers on [D]fire in the [Em]night

 [D]Flicker their souls to the [Cmaj7]wind

 We [G]wait in the lines for the [D]final approach to be[Am]gin

 It's been [Em]almost four years that I've [D]carried a [Em]gun

 At [D]home it will almost be [Cmaj7]spring

 The [G]flames of the tigers are [D]lighting the road to Ber[Am]lin

 [E]Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that [Fmaj7]bow to the ground

 The [E]old men and children they throw out to face us, they [Fmaj7]can't slow us
down

[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C]  was able to [G]see     [E]

 The eyes of the [Am]city are [G]opening [Fmaj7]now it's the [G]end of the [Fmaj7]dream

 [Am]Ahhh, [G]ahhh, [Fmaj7]ahhh       x4

            [Am]                             [G]
[Fmaj7] I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war
is over

       [Am]                            [G]
[Fmaj7] And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the
border

          [Am]                       [G]
[Fmaj7] And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken
prisoner

           [Am]                        [G]
[Fmaj7] They only held me for a day a lucky break, I say, they turn and listen
closer

 I'll never [Am]know, I'll never know why I was [G]taken from the line

   and all the o[Fmaj7]thers

 To [Am]board a special train and journey [G]deep into the heart of holy [Fmaj7]Russia

          [G]                    [Fmaj7]                [E]
[Fmaj7] And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and
sullen

 The [G]pale sun of Oc[Fmaj7]tober whispers the [E]snow will soon be [Fmaj7]coming

 And I [G]wonder when I'll be[Fmaj7] home again, and the [E]morning answers, [Fmaj7]never

 And the [G]evening sighs and the [Fmaj7]steely Russian [E]skies go on

     [Fmaj7]        [F]

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