{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1498283,"song":"Russians","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1498283-russians-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1498283?type=chord","rating":4.88097,"votes":260,"content":"Notes before you play:\r\n1. This song is more easily played 3 semitones lower (or with capo 3) - the key of Am.\r\n2. I wrote \"Soviets\" stretched out with hyphens (\"So-vi-ets\"). That is for the chords to fit over\r\n   the correct syllables.\r\n3. Originally, it is played on the organ, so I advise you to use a keyboard.\r\n4. Do not play the song by strumming, it will not sound right. Instead, do this:\r\n   (1) If you are playing a keyboard, hit the bass notes on the first beat (where the chord is\r\n    written), and the right hand chord on the second (halfway to the next chord).\r\n   (2) If you are playing a guitar, pluck the bass on the first beat (where the chord is written),\r\n   and pluck the rest of the chord on the second beat (halfway to the next chord).\r\n\r\nKey of Cm (with passages in C melodic minor), standard tuning, no capo necessary\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIn Europe and   America[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthere's a growing feeling of hysteria.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nConditioned to respond to all the threats[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]              [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin the rhetorical speeches of the So-vi-ets.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nMr. Krushchev said we will bury you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't subscribe to this point of view.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt would be such an ignorant thing to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nif the Russians love their children too.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHow can I save my little boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nfrom Oppenheimer's deadly toy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere is no monopoly of common sense[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]Gsus4[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\non either side of the political fence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nWe share the same biology,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nregardless of ideology.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBelieve me when I say to you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      ([ch]Cm[/ch])\r\nI hope the Russians love their children too.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|\r\nG|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|\r\nD|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|\r\nG|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|\r\nD|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere is no historical precedent,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto put the words in the mouth of the president.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere's no such thing as a winnable war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Gsus4[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit's a lie we don't believe anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nMr. Reagan says we will protect you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't subscribe to this point of view.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBelieve me when I say to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fm[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI hope the Russians love their children too.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]  |[ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      |[ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]      |[ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]  |[ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      |[ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]      |[ch]Gsus4[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|\r\nG|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|\r\nD|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nWe share the same biology,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nregardless of ideology.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Cm7/Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhat might save us me and you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      ([ch]Cm[/ch])\r\nis if the Russians looove  their children too.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro] (Repeat and Fade Out)\r\n |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|--------8-------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nG|5---------------|----8---7---5---|----5-7-8---7---|5---------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|8---------------|--------5-------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]    |[ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      |[ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]   [ch]Cm/F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------6---|8---9---8---6---|8---------------|\r\nG|--------7-------|5---7---8-------|----------------|----------------|\r\nD|5---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Notes before you play:\n1. This song is more easily played 3 semitones lower (or with capo 3) - the key of Am.\n2. I wrote \"Soviets\" stretched out with hyphens (\"So-vi-ets\"). That is for the chords to fit over\n   the correct syllables.\n3. Originally, it is played on the organ, so I advise you to use a keyboard.\n4. Do not play the song by strumming, it will not sound right. Instead, do this:\n   (1) If you are playing a keyboard, hit the bass notes on the first beat (where the chord is\n    written), and the right hand chord on the second (halfway to the next chord).\n   (2) If you are playing a guitar, pluck the bass on the first beat (where the chord is written),\n   and pluck the rest of the chord on the second beat (halfway to the next chord).\n\nKey of Cm (with passages in C melodic minor), standard tuning, no capo necessary\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]","chords":["Am","Cm","C","Cm7/Bb","Ab","Bb","Fm","Gm","G/B","Gsus4","G","Eb","Cm/Eb","Cm/F","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}