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The Ballad of Stalin - Ewan MacColl

I've made a rough attempt at working out chords for guitar

My ear isn't amazing (I used an electronic tuner to help guess chords), and the recording is kinda shonky and weird (its a banjo recording from the 1950s), if anyone has suggestions I'm more than open to them!

 
    
C#m                           B               C#m
Joe Stalin was a mighty man, a mighty man was he,
C#m                             B        Ab
He led the Soviet people on the road to victory.
C#m                           B                  F#
All through the revolution he fought at Lenin's side,
C#m                               Ab                C#m
And they made a combination till the day that Lenin died.

  

(C#m) Joe Stalin was a mighty man, (B) a mighty man was (C#m) he,

(C#m) He led the Soviet people (B) on the road to (Ab) victory.

(C#m) All through the revolution (B) he fought at Lenin's (F#) side,

(C#m) And they made a combination till (Ab) the day that Lenin (C#m) died.

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ps thanks to the lemmy.ml user who shared this song in a comment the other day

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