Roads To Moscow
Al Stewart
Intro:
This is alternate arpeggios of the chords 024000 and 034000, picking the
strings 123432 123432 etc and repeat to taste, then into Em.
Intro Solo:
ie
Em+9 Em#5+9
E|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|
G|------0----|------0----| repeated
D|----4---4--|----4---4--|
A|--2-------2|--3-------3|
E|0----------|0----------|
Intro solo from Indian Summer live version:
6/8 time
(Em+9 Em#5+9 ) x 2
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14h15-12--10h12---7h8p7|----------7|
B|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|----7-8-10-|
G|11--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|Rake------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|7h8-7h8p7------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
B|---------10-8-7|--7-8---7--|----7---------------|----------|
G|---------------|9---------9|7h9---9-7h9p7-------|----------|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------10-9-7|7h9-------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
E|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9
E|---------------2-5|2h5p2------|-----------|------0---|-----------|
B|-------------5----|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
G|---------2-5------|------4-4-4|----2-2-0--|0---------|-----------|
D|-----2-4----------|-----------|----------4|--4-2-----|-----------|
A|-2-3--------------|-----------|-----------|---------2|3s5---2h3p2|
E|------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em switch to 4/4
E|------|-------------------|--------0--0-2|2s3--5-7-|7---7-7-7-7-5-3|
B|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|----8-8-8-8-7-5|
G|------|-------------------|--2-2s4-------|---------|---------------|
D|------|--------------2-4-5|--------------|---------|---------------|
A|------|------0-2-3-5------|--------------|---------|---------------|
E|------|0-2-3--------------|--------------|---------|---------------|
They crossed over...
E|0-----3-3-3-3-2-0|0-------------|
B|0-----5-5-5-5-3-0|0-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|
Em D Em
They crossed over the border the hour before dawn,
D Cmaj7
Moving in lines through the day
G D Am
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay
Em D Em
Waiting for orders we held in the wood
D Cmaj7
Word from the front never came
G D Am
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
E Fmaj7
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees
E Fmaj7
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and our knees
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 Em
The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze.
D Em
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
D Cmaj7
Smolensk and Viasma soon fell
G D Am
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel.
Em D Em
Closer and closer to Moscow they come
D Cmaj7
Riding the wind like a bell
G D Am
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill.
E Fmaj7
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the roads
E Fmaj7
Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky filled with snow
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The fire in the air glowing red, silhouetting the snow on the breeze.
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the winter
Am G Fmaj7
Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an avenger
Am G Fmaj7
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in the forest
Am G Fmaj7
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts growing like a promise
Am G
You'll never know, you'll never know which way to turn, which way to look
Fmaj7
you'll never see us
Am G
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night, you'll never know
Fmaj7
you'll never hear us
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7 Em
The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
D Em
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night
D Cmaj7
Flicker their souls to the wind
G D Am
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
Em D Em
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
D Cmaj7
At home it will almost be spring
G D Am
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin.
E Fmaj7
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the ground
E Fmaj7
The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the dream
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war is over
Am G Fmaj7
And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the border
Am G Fmaj7
And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
Am G Fmaj7
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say; they turn and listen closer
Am G
I'll never know, I'll never know why I was taken from the line
Fmaj7
and all the others
Am G Fmaj7
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and sullen
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
The pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And I wonder when I'll be home again, and the morning answers, "Never."
G Fmaj7 E
And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on
Fmaj7 F
For-ev-er.
Notes:
Notated by Adam Woolfe. Intro Solo transcribed by Rob Watson <a href='mailto:rob%40g%63mac.demo%6E.co%2Euk'>rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk</a>
from Indian Summer live version. Original verson is in the keys of Ebm/Abm
Intro:
This is alternate arpeggios of the chords 024000 and 034000, picking the
strings 123432 123432 etc and repeat to taste, then into Em.
Intro Solo:
ie
Em+9 Em#5+9
E|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|
G|------0----|------0----| repeated
D|----4---4--|----4---4--|
A|--2-------2|--3-------3|
E|0----------|0----------|
Intro solo from Indian Summer live version:
6/8 time
(Em+9 Em#5+9 ) x 2
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14h15-12--10h12---7h8p7|----------7|
B|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|----7-8-10-|
G|11--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|Rake------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|7h8-7h8p7------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
B|---------10-8-7|--7-8---7--|----7---------------|----------|
G|---------------|9---------9|7h9---9-7h9p7-------|----------|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------10-9-7|7h9-------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
E|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9
E|---------------2-5|2h5p2------|-----------|------0---|-----------|
B|-------------5----|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
G|---------2-5------|------4-4-4|----2-2-0--|0---------|-----------|
D|-----2-4----------|-----------|----------4|--4-2-----|-----------|
A|-2-3--------------|-----------|-----------|---------2|3s5---2h3p2|
E|------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em switch to 4/4
E|------|-------------------|--------0--0-2|2s3--5-7-|7---7-7-7-7-5-3|
B|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|----8-8-8-8-7-5|
G|------|-------------------|--2-2s4-------|---------|---------------|
D|------|--------------2-4-5|--------------|---------|---------------|
A|------|------0-2-3-5------|--------------|---------|---------------|
E|------|0-2-3--------------|--------------|---------|---------------|
They crossed over...
E|0-----3-3-3-3-2-0|0-------------|
B|0-----5-5-5-5-3-0|0-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|
Em D Em
They crossed over the border the hour before dawn,
D Cmaj7
Moving in lines through the day
G D Am
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay
Em D Em
Waiting for orders we held in the wood
D Cmaj7
Word from the front never came
G D Am
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
E Fmaj7
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees
E Fmaj7
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and our knees
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 Em
The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze.
D Em
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
D Cmaj7
Smolensk and Viasma soon fell
G D Am
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel.
Em D Em
Closer and closer to Moscow they come
D Cmaj7
Riding the wind like a bell
G D Am
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill.
E Fmaj7
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the roads
E Fmaj7
Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky filled with snow
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The fire in the air glowing red, silhouetting the snow on the breeze.
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the winter
Am G Fmaj7
Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an avenger
Am G Fmaj7
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in the forest
Am G Fmaj7
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts growing like a promise
Am G
You'll never know, you'll never know which way to turn, which way to look
Fmaj7
you'll never see us
Am G
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night, you'll never know
Fmaj7
you'll never hear us
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7 Em
The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
D Em
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night
D Cmaj7
Flicker their souls to the wind
G D Am
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
Em D Em
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
D Cmaj7
At home it will almost be spring
G D Am
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin.
E Fmaj7
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the ground
E Fmaj7
The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the dream
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war is over
Am G Fmaj7
And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the border
Am G Fmaj7
And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
Am G Fmaj7
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say; they turn and listen closer
Am G
I'll never know, I'll never know why I was taken from the line
Fmaj7
and all the others
Am G Fmaj7
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and sullen
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
The pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And I wonder when I'll be home again, and the morning answers, "Never."
G Fmaj7 E
And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on
Fmaj7 F
For-ev-er.
Notes:
Notated by Adam Woolfe. Intro Solo transcribed by Rob Watson <a href='mailto:rob%40g%63mac.demo%6E.co%2Euk'>rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk</a>
from Indian Summer live version. Original verson is in the keys of Ebm/Abm