Tom Paxton – Ukrainian Now (Guitar)

Capo 5
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This song is in the key of C Capo V to play along at: [Intro] G Am7 G D/F# 3X
G Am7 Bm D7
(Pause)
[Verse]
     G
When I open the paper and

                      Am  G/B C
check out the news on TV,

D7
It’s pictures of buildings exploding

              G
is all that I see.

e|-----------|
B|--0--1--3--|
G|--0--2--4--|
D|-----------|

    Em
But there in the midst of the

        D                C
horror the blood and the bone,

G/B     Am             G
Are the Davids against the

C                       D
Goliath defending their homes.
[Chorus]
C
I am Ukrainian now.

       Bm
I will stand and I will not bow.

Am                  G          C
Half world away but somehow,

D             G
I am Ukrainian now
G Am7 G D/F# G Am7 Bm D7 [Verse]
G
I am the Muscovite protesting

           Am        G/B C
out in the street.

D                                       G
I am the Rabbi learning to pray with my feet.

e|-----------|
B|--0--1--3--|
G|--0--2--4--|
D|-----------|

Em                           D            C
I am the soldier who used to dance in the ballet.

G/B Am              G/B        C      D
    I am the father sending my family away.
[Chorus]
C
I am Ukrainian now.

       Bm
I will stand and I will not bow.

Am                  C
Half world away but somehow,

D             G
I’m Ukrainian now
[Bridge]
Bm
A world that once was so big,

          C
Now seems so small.

G/B Am
An attack on the freedom

G   C                 D
of one is aimed at us all.
[Verse]
G
Sometimes the picture before you is

            Am    C
too hard to see.

      D
But I can’t look away like the

                      G     D
coward that I used to be.

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B|--0--1--3--|
G|--0--2--4--|
D|-----------|

    Em
For while others are mounting

                          C
resistance and risking it all,

G/B Am                  C
    How can we stand by impassive

                   D
when we hear their call?
[Chorus]
C
We are Ukrainian now,

        Bm
We will stand and we will not bow,

Am                      C
Half world away but somehow,

   D                 G
We all are Ukrainian now.
[Outro]
C
We are Ukrainian now,

        Bm
We will stand and we will not bow.

Am                   C
Half world away but somehow,

D                               G
We all are Ukrainian  (2-3-4)   now.
G Am7 G D/F# G