Chords for A Rumor in St. Petersburg

_ _ The race is ready!
The gate of love, [D] a new way, [C] blows, and soon it will be [C] free!
_ _ [Fm] _
Comrades, [Ab] the revolution hears you!
_ [C]
Together we will forge a new Russia that will be the envy of all the world!
_ Tsar's St.
Petersburg [G] is now the people's Leningrad!
_ They can call it Leningrad, but it will always be Petersburg!
New [D] names, same empty stomachs.
_ [G] _ They tell us times are [C] better.
Well, I say they're not!
Can't cook an empty promise in an empty [Gm] pot!
[Bb] A brighter day [Gm] is dawning!
[Bb] It's almost at hand!
[C] The skies are gray, [Fm] the walls have ears, [G] and he who argues [Dm] disappears!
[C]
Hail [D] our brave new _ land! _
_ _ _ [Cm] Petersburg is booming, [Fm] a city on the rise!
[Bb] It's really very [Eb] friendly if you don't mind [C] spice!
We stand behind our [D] leaders, stand in line [Ab] for good!
[G] We're good and loyal comrades, and [D] our favorite color's red!
[Cm] Now everyone is equal, [Fm] professors push the brooms!
[Bb] Two dozen total strangers live [Eb] in two small [G] rooms!
You [C] hold a revolution, and [D] here's the price you [Ab] pay!
[C] Thank goodness for the [Cm] Gopchik!
[Fm] Spasiba!
The [Cm] ruby!
Thank goodness for the Gopchik!
That kept us through the day!
Hey!
[F] Have you [C] heard?
There's a war in Petersburg!
[C] Have you heard?
But they're [D] staying on the street!
Although the [Cm] Tsar did not survive, one [B] daughter may be [C] still alive.
[Ab] The Princess of [C]
Estasia!
But [Cm] please do not repeat!
It's [Fm] a rumor!
How lacking of [Cm] history!
_ A thing was [G] spurred in an alleyway, but [Bb] through a [C] crack!
It's a [Fm] rumor!
That part of our [Cm] history!
_ They [G] say her royal _ _ _ sum!
[Am] To someone who can [D] bring the Princess back!
_ _ [Ab] Dimitri!
They've closed another [Eb] border!
We should have gotten out of Russia while we still could!
_ [Dbm] St.
Petersburg was lovely when [Gbm] royalty was in!
I [B] called myself a Count, as though I'd [E] always [D] been!
I [Db]
hobnobbed with the royals, but [Gbm] then a change of luck!
The Tsar was dead, the [Dbm] royals fled, and comrade now we're stuck!
[Db] Vlad!
I've been thinking about the Princess Anastasia.
Oh, [Dm] not you too, [F] Dimitri!
[E] _ _ It's [Dm] the rumor, the legend, the [F] mystery!
_ [B] It's the Princess [E] Anastasia who will help [A] us fly!
[Dm] You and I, friend, will go down [Am] in history!
_ [E] We'll find a girl to play the part, and teach her what to say!
Dress her up, and take her to [A] Paris!
[D] _ _ [D]
Imagine the reward her [F] dear old grandmama would pay!
[A] Who else could pull it off but [D] you and me! _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] What?
No!
_ [A] It was a truck backfiring, [Dm] comrade.
That's all it was.
[Bb] Those days are over, neighbor against neighbor.
There's nothing to be afraid of anymore.
[Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D]
You're shaking.
There's a tea shop [Bb] just steps from here, let me_ Thank you!
What's your hurry?
[D] I can't lose this job.
They're not easy to [G] come by.
_ But [Dm] thank you.
I'm here every day!
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] A ruffle for this painting.
[Gm] It's Romanov, I swear!
Count Yusupov's pajamas, [G] comrade!
By the [D] pair!
I found this in a [D] palace, [Gm] initialed with an A.
It would be [Dm] Anastasia's.
Now what will someone say?
[A]
We need something of hers to show the old [Dm] lady.
How [B]
much is that music [Em] box?
Ah, the [Eb]
music box!
It's genuine [Ab] Romanov!
I could [A] never part with it!
Two cans of [Am] beans, comrade?
_ [E]
Done.
[E] _ Do you believe in fairy tales, Vlad?
[Dm]
Once upon a time I did.
We're going [Am] to create a fairy [Ebm] tale the whole world will believe!
[F] _ _ _ [Ebm] Now it's risky, but not more [Bb] than usual.
[Gb] We'll [C] need papers, [F] we'll need tickets, we'll [Bbm] need nerves [Bb] of steel.
[Ebm] Yes, it's risky, a lot [Bbm] more than usual.
_ [F] We'll try to cross the border with our princess and our plot.
Hopefully disaster won't [Cm] ensue.
[F] _ [Gb] With luck it all goes smoothly.
[E] And with luck we won't be shot.
Who else could pull it off but [Abm] me and you?
_ [B] We'll be rich.
We'll be rich.
[Abm] We'll be out.
We'll be out.
[B] And St.
Petersburg will have some [Gb] more to talk about.
[E] _
_ _ [Dbm] I heard it from a person [G] who I'm sure be it was after the main event.
_ [D]
Have you heard there's a rumor in St.
Petersburg?
[C]
Have you heard?
[D] Comrade, what do you [G] suppose?
[Fm] A fascinating [Cm] mystery.
The biggest [G] con in [C] history.
In [Fm] the Princess _ _ [Cm] _ Anastasia.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Alive _
_ [D] _ or dead, _ [C]
who _ knows?
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _