Leaving Mother Russia

Bm They called me Anatole A Em In prison I did lie, G D My little window looked out C Bm On a Russian sky. A Bm For nearly nine long years A Em G Secluded and in pain Bm G D But all my people know C Bm The charges were a frame. A Bm See my accuser standing in the hall, A Bm He points his finger at us all. G D You now must pay the penalty C Bm For the crime of daring to be free. Em Bm We are leaving Mother Russia, Em A D Bm We have waited far too long. Em A Bm We are leaving Mother Russia, Bm A G Bm When they come for us we’ll be gone. Bm For all those centuries A Em We called this land our home, G D We loved the Russian soil C Bm As much as anyone. Bm In countless armies A Em Our young boys have died for you, G D C But never did you call them “sons,” Bm You always called them “Jew”! A Bm We fell in battle for the Tsar, A Bm One hundred thousand died at Babi Yar, G D G And yet no monument will mark their grave, D C Bm Just on our passports the word “yevrai”. Bm I send my song of hope A Em To those I left behind G D I pray that they may know C Bm The freedom that is mine Bm For in my darkest hour A Em Alone inside my cell G D I kept the vision C Bm Of my home in Yisrael. A Bm My friends we know what silence brings, A Bm Another Hitler waiting in the wings, G D So stand up now and shout it to the sky, C Bm They may bring us to our knees but we’ll never die! Em Bm We are leaving Mother Russia, Em A D Bm We have waited far too long. Em A Bm We are leaving Mother Russia, Bm A G Bm When they come for us we’ll be gone.