A Rumor in St. Petersburgh | Anastasia Broadway (Original Cast Recording) Chords

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