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4 strums on G and into the verse.
[Verse]
GRudy lives on the borderline
Between Ccivilization and Dbasic survival
And the Gsummertime Dtreats him Emfairly well
But the Cwintertime is a Dbitter cold rival
It's Gwintertime now in Georgetown
The Cstreets come alive with the DChristmas lights
And GRudy Dsleeps on a Emwarm air grate
With a Cnewspaper blanket on DDecember nights
[Chorus]
DDeck the halls
Rudolph the red-nosed Cwino
Knows it's GChristmas time
Jingle DBells and EmChristmas shoppers
CDashing through the Dsnow
God Crest ye merry Dgentlemen
Who have Gfound it in your Dhearts
To flip EmRudy a thin
And CI'll be home for DChristmas
But this man Chas
No Dplace to Ggo
[Verse]
GChristmas has no meaning at all
To the Cpeople of greed and Dincredible waste
They Gseek the deeper Dmeaning
In a Emshopping mall
In a Cyuletide spirit
Of Dimpatience and haste
GRudy is a patient man
Who Ctries to see the beauty in Deverything
Yes, and Gnot a Dvery Emdemanding soul
Whose Conly wish is
To Dlive until the GSpring
[Verse]
GNobody knows the reasons why
CThings turn out
Like the Dway they do
And there Gain't no one to Dtell you
The Emreasons why
There's Cfortunate folks
Like Dme and you
GRudy must have people somewhere
Who Cwonder what
BeDcame of the man
And GRudy must Dwonder
The Emsame damn thing
As the Ccrowd passes by
And Dhe sticks out his Ghand
[Chorus]
DDeck the halls
Rudolph the red-nosed Cwino
Knows it's GChristmas time
Jingle DBells and EmChristmas Shoppers
CDashing through the Dsnow
CGod rest ye merry Dgentlemen
Who have Gfound it in your Dhearts
To flip EmRudy a thin
And CI'll be home for DChristmas
But this man Chas
No Dplace to Ggo
[Verse]
GRudy died on the borderline
Of a Ccivilized world
On DChristmas Eve
You know the Gshoppers Dshopped
And the Emtemperatures dropped
On a Cman whose absence
DWon't be grieved
GPeace on the soul of the cop
Who found him in a Cbooth
With his hand froze Dto a telephone
You know, I Gthink I Dknow
Who he Emhad on the line
And CRudy won't spend
DThis Christmas Galone
[Chorus]
DDeck the halls
Rudolph the red-nosed Cwino
Knows it's GChristmas time
Jingle DBells and EmChristmas Shoppers
CDashing through the Dsnow
CGod rest ye merry Dgentlemen
Who have Gfound it in their Dhearts
To flip EmRudy a thin
And CI'll be home for DChristmas
And this year
CRudy Dgets to Ggo
Yeah, CI'll be home for DChristmas
And this year, CRudy Dgets to Ggo
[Outro]
C  D  C  D  G

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Rudy

by The Be Good Tanyas

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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4 strums on G and into the verse.

[Verse]

Rudy lives on the borderline

C D

Between civilization and basic survival

G D Em

And the summertime treats him fairly well

C D

But the wintertime is a bitter cold rival

It's wintertime now in Georgetown

C D

The streets come alive with the Christmas lights

G D Em

And Rudy sleeps on a warm air grate

C D

With a newspaper blanket on December nights

[Chorus]

Deck the halls

Rudolph the red-nosed wino

Knows it's Christmas time

D Em

Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers

C D

Dashing through the snow

C D

God rest ye merry gentlemen

G D

Who have found it in your hearts

To flip Rudy a thin

C D

And I'll be home for Christmas

But this man has

D G

No place to go

[Verse]

Christmas has no meaning at all

C D

To the people of greed and incredible waste

G D

They seek the deeper meaning

In a shopping mall

In a yuletide spirit

Of impatience and haste

Rudy is a patient man

C D

Who tries to see the beauty in everything

G D Em

Yes, and not a very demanding soul

Whose only wish is

D G

To live until the Spring

[Verse]

Nobody knows the reasons why

Things turn out

Like the way they do

G D

And there ain't no one to tell you

The reasons why

There's fortunate folks

Like me and you

Rudy must have people somewhere

Who wonder what

Became of the man

G D

And Rudy must wonder

The same damn thing

As the crowd passes by

D G

And he sticks out his hand

[Chorus]

Deck the halls

Rudolph the red-nosed wino

Knows it's Christmas time

D Em

Jingle Bells and Christmas Shoppers

C D

Dashing through the snow

C D

God rest ye merry gentlemen

G D

Who have found it in your hearts

To flip Rudy a thin

C D

And I'll be home for Christmas

But this man has

D G

No place to go

[Verse]

Rudy died on the borderline

Of a civilized world

On Christmas Eve

G D

You know the shoppers shopped

And the temperatures dropped

On a man whose absence

Won't be grieved

Peace on the soul of the cop

Who found him in a booth

With his hand froze to a telephone

G D

You know, I think I know

Who he had on the line

And Rudy won't spend

D G

This Christmas alone

[Chorus]

Deck the halls

Rudolph the red-nosed wino

Knows it's Christmas time

D Em

Jingle Bells and Christmas Shoppers

C D

Dashing through the snow

C D

God rest ye merry gentlemen

G D

Who have found it in their hearts

To flip Rudy a thin

C D

And I'll be home for Christmas

And this year

C D G

Rudy gets to go

C D

Yeah, I'll be home for Christmas

C D G

And this year, Rudy gets to go

[Outro]

C D C D G

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