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        G                 D             Em                   C
It was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
 G              D              Em                       C
Comrade has to wonder: “Is it ever worth the effort?”
              G                    D          Em               C
Well I don't know, but I've been told not to hang on to my hope
              G                  D                   Em         C  45 5450
Well I don't know, but I've been told and I've been listening all my life


G               D                Em
If you're ever less than certain about the world
C                                                 D
Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
    G                  D                Em
And if you would stick up for me in the face of some adversity
C                             D
Know that I would only do the same


            G                D             Em              Em   C C D
Cuz it was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
    G             D                 Em         Em    C C D
But me I will not write it off not ever having tried
             G              D           Em            Em    C C D
Well I don't know, but I've told not to hang on to my hope
             G              D                   Em                Em  C C D
Well I don't know, but I've told that these are lies and they get old


    G             D           Em               Em
So look me in the eyes under expanding winter skies
               C                 Em               D
You'll find a feeling there that never knows the cold
G              D            Em            Em
Look me in the eyes and the skeptic in me dies
    C            Em             D               D
The skeptic is a fool, we are exceptions to the rule


            G
Cuz this is our land
         D
This is our land
        Em               Em
I will cross it holding your hand
      C              Em            D             D
From Krasnoyarsk to Moscow we will not be turned away


         G
This is our land
         D
This is our land
        Em
I will cross it holding your hand
     C                Em
In crooked streets of Petersburg
D                    D   D   D
We are all the same


   G               D                 Em
So if you're ever less than certain about the world
C                    Em             D             D
Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
     G                 D                Em
And if you would stick up for me in the face of great adversity
C                 Em
Know that I would do the same
D
Know we are the same


G                  D
If you would stick up for me
       Em         C
Speak kindly and poetically
C             Em        D                D
You can be my personal ambassador to the world
    G              D
And if you're ever less than certain
Em              C
I will be your Iron Curtain
C               Em
I will be your Berlin Wall
    D             G   G G 
And I will never fall