[Verse]
A5
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, hey, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Dm
Who's that madman
Am
Flying at full gallop down the street?
Dm
Who's that madman
Knocking people over,
Running people down,
While his fine gentlemen
E7
Hold onto their seats?
Am
(It's Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm
Coming straight at you
Am Dm
Get out my way, get out my way!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Lashing my whip at horses and peasants!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Risking skin and life twenty times a year
Am7/E
For my fine, fine gentlemen
Yessir, hey, ho, yessir
Am
Yessir, yessir, yessir
E7
(More than once)
From Tula to Moscow
Bb7
And back in just one night!
E7
(More than once)
A narrow escape
Bb7
From a wild Cossack fight!
E7
(More than once)
They've beaten me
Bb7
And slapped me with their gloves!
E7
(More than once)
Made me drunk on champagne,
Which I love!
Am
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Hey, Balaga,
Ho, Balaga,
Hey, hey, hey, Balaga,
Hey, hey, Balaga,
The famous troika driver
Dm
Who's that slowpoke
Am
We abuse with wild and tipsy shouts?
Dm
Who knows things
That would get you sent straight to Siberia
E7
If anyone found out?
Am
(It's Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm
Coming straight at you
Am Dm
Get out my way, get out my way!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Drinking and dancing at Gypsy orgies!
Am
(Balaga!)
Dm Am Dm
Riding my horses into the ground
Am7/E
For my fine, fine gentlemen
Yessir, hey, ho, yessir
Am
Yessir, yessir, yessir
E7
(More than once)
Bb7
Driven you round with ladies on your laps!
E7
(More than once)
Bb7
Taken you places not on any maps!
E7
(More than once)
Bb7
Galloped faster than ordinary men would dare!
E7
(More than once)
Jumped my troika right into the air!
F C
And I never ask for rubles,
G7 C C7
Except maybe once a year
F C
I don't do this for rubles,
E7
I do it 'cause I like 'em!
Am
(And we like Balaga too!)
[Outro]
N.C.
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Dm Am E7 Am
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