Ryan Giordano in California

This should be preserved in a more permanent form than the ragged piece of paper I played off of during the last bell at School No. 3, and what are more permanent than the internets? So here is my translation of the new Kazakhstani national anthem, with guitar chords:


a min E a min
A golden sun in the sky, golden grain on the land

C G E
A verse of proud manliness -- this is my homeland!

a min e min d min
In ages long ago was honor born and strength was found

a min d min a min E a min
A nation proud, great, and strong -- this is my Kazakhstan.

a min d min G C F G C
My Kazakhstan, my Kazakhstan, I am like a flower planted in your land

a min F a min
I am like a song sung for you, my country.

G a min E a min
You are my homeland -- my Kazakhstan.