[Intro]
E7*


[Verse 1]
    A5*                        D5*
Oh, flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC,
C                       D5*
Didn't get to bed last night.
A5*                          D5*
On the way the paper bag was on my knee,
C                       D5
Man, I had a dreadful flight.


[Chorus]
                   A*
I'm back in the USSR,
C*                           D    D7  D
You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
N.C.           A5    D/A Eb/Bb E/B
Back in the USSR.


[Verse 2]
A5*                         D5*
Been away so long, I hardly knew the place,
C                          D5*
Gee, it's good to be back home.
A5*                         D5*
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case,
C                       D5
Honey, disconnect the phone.


[Chorus]
                   A*
I'm back in the USSR,
C*                           D    D7  D
You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
N.C.                                                 A5
Back in the US..., back in the US..., back in the USSR.


[Bridge]          D
  Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
     A
They leave the West behind.    D      Dmaj7/C#      D7/C          B7
  And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
     E7                  D7                     A5     D/A Eb/Bb E/B
That Georgia's always on my, my, my, my, my, my mind.            Oh, come on


[Instrumental]
A5*       D5*        C          D5
Hoo, hey! Hoo yeah!  Hoo yeah!  Hoo yeah!
A5        D5  C
Yeah yeah!


[Chorus]
D5                       A*
Yeah, I'm back in the USSR,
C*                           D    D7  D
You don't know how lucky you are, boys.
N.C.           A5
Back in the USSR.


[Bridge]          D
  Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
     A
They leave the West behind.    D      Dmaj7/C#      D7/C          B7
  And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
     E7                  D7                     A5     D/A Eb/Bb E/B
That Georgia's always on my, my, my, my, my, my mind.


[Verse 3]
    A5*                                       D5*
Oh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south,
C                       D5*
Take me to your daddy's farm.
A5*                         D5*
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out,
C                          D5
Come and keep your comrade warm.


[Chorus]
                   A*
I'm back in the USSR,
C*                           D    D7  D
You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
N.C.           A5         D/A Eb/Bb E/B
Back in the USSR.     Oh, let me tell you, honey


[Outro]
A**
  Hey, I'm back
A**
  I'm back in the USSR
A**
  Hey, it's so good to be home
A**                    A5
  Yeah, back in the USSR