Verse 1
       F                  Dm         C 
If you don't know where I come from 
           F                 Dm     C 
You better steer clear of my trail 
         Am           Bb 
From the dark side of London 
       Am             Bb    C 
That's way beyond the pale 
 
   F                 Dm      C 
My grandpa came from Russia, 
        F                  Dm    C 
stowed away hidden in some bales 
   Am              Bb 
He took my grandma dancing 
       Am               Bb    C 
to the air raid siren's wail 
 
Chorus 1
           F                            Dm        C 
Then Saint George used his sword on the immigrant poor 
       F                Dm      C 
'cause he can't k*ll no dragon 
   Am             Bb 
If I was in those shoes 
        Am                         Bb 
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too 
  C           Dm 
I gotta get a message through 
Dm        C        F     Dm   C 
Tell everybody the news 
    Am              Bb 
And with the winter coming... 
    Am              Bb       C 
 
Verse 2
F                Dm      C 
Crossing all the borders 
            F                Dm    C 
Through the smoke of war and rain 
Am            Bb 
Papers out of order 
     Am       Bb    C 
On a military train 
 
  F              Dm    C 
A coat, a bag, a baby, 
F           Dm   C 
status: refugee 
Am            Bb 
These are the people 
Am        Bb   C 
of my family 
 
Chorus 2
      F                      Dm       C 
Don't anybody know that this city was made 
   F                   Dm     C 
of immigrant blood and money 
   Am             Bb 
If I was in those shoes 
  Am                          Bb 
A blackshirt with the playboy blues 
  C           Dm 
I gotta get a message through 
Dm        C        F     Dm   C 
Tell everybody the news 
    Am              Bb 
And with the winter coming... 
    Am              Bb       C      Dm 
 
Verse 3
              F              Dm      C 
Now there's a rocker in Vladivostok, 
          F             Dm    C 
got every side by Jerry Lee 
        Am              Bb 
But for accidents of disorder 
     Am                Bb   C 
that guy could well be me 
       F            Dm         C 
I want everybody to know this, 
       F           Dm    C 
I want everyone to hear 
    Am                Bb 
Immigration built the nation, 
          Am                  Bb    C   Dm 
you got a bloodclaat standing here 
 
Drum Break
 
Solo
F   Dm   C 
F   Dm   C 
Am    Bb 
Am  Bb   C 
F   Dm   C 
F   Dm   C 
Am    Bb 
Am  Bb   C 
 
Chorus 3
          F                            Dm        C 
Now Saint George used his sword on the immigrant poor 
       F                Dm      C 
'cause he can't k*ll no dragon 
   Am             Bb 
If I was in those shoes 
        Am                         Bb 
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too 
  C           Dm 
I gotta get a message through 
Dm        C        F     Dm   C 
Tell everybody the news 
    Am              Bb 
And with the winter coming... 
    Am              Bb       C 
 
Chorus 4
      F                      Dm       C 
Don't anybody know that this city was made 
   F                   Dm     C 
of immigrant blood and money 
   Am             Bb 
If I was in those shoes 
  Am                          Bb 
A blackshirt with the playboy blues 
  C           Dm 
I gotta get a message through 
Dm        C        F     Dm   C 
Tell everybody the news 
    Am              Bb 
And with the winter coming... 
    Am              Bb       C      Dm