Moonlight and vodka    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

                                                          

    …. Am - C - F - E

 

    Am                    Dm             E

1. Fix me a drink, make it a strong one,

            Am                        Dm          E

    hey, comrade, a drink, make it a long one.

           F                                          C

    My hands are shaking and my feet are numb,

            G                                Am

    my head is aching and the bar's going round,

                 F                       E

    and I'm so down in this foreign town.

 

        Am                               Dm               E

2. Tonight there's a band, it ain't such a bad one,

     Am                               Dm         E

    play me a song, don't  make it a sad one.

F                                            C

    I can't even talk to these Russian girls,

           Cm                             D

    the beer is lousy and the food is worse,

               Gm  F       D#               Gm  F       D#

    and it's so damn cold, yes, it's so damn cold,

                     Gm                             D#                                    D

    I know it's hard to believe, but I haven't been warm for a week.

 

Am                       Dm      - G                   Am

    Moonlight and Vodka,       takes me away,

Am                   Dm           F                    E         

    midnight in Moscow is lunchtime in L.A.,      

 

                             Am    

+ Oh, play, boys, play !     

 

+ instrumental = verse 1      + Am

 

    Am                    Dm        E

3. Espionage is a serious business,

             Am                               Dm         E

    well, I've had enough of this serious business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F                                              C                         

    That dancing girl is making eyes at me,

           G                                    Am

    I'm sure she's working for the K.G.B.

                F                    E               E7

    in this paradise, ah, cold as ice, oh.

 

Am                       Dm      - G                   Am

    Moonlight and Vodka,       takes me away,

Am                   Dm            F                   E         

    midnight in Moscow is sunshine  in L.A.,      

 

+ Am - C - F - E (3x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 5th)    (Chris de Burgh)