Chords for The Be Good Tanyas - Rudy (2003)

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_ _ Rudy lives on the _ borderline
Between [C] _ _ civilization [D] and basic survival
[G] And the summertime [D] treats him [Em] fairly well
[G] But the wintertime is a [D] bitter cold rival
[G] And it's wintertime now in Georgetown
_ [C] The streets come alive with [D] the Christmas lights
And Rudy sleeps on [Em] a warm air crate
With [C] a newspaper [Em] blanket on [D] December 9th _ _ _ _ _
Deck the halls, Rudolph the red [C]-nosed whino
[G] Knows it's _ Christmastime
Jingle bells [Em] and Christmas shoppers
[C] Dashing through [D] the snow
_ [C] God rest you [D] merry gentlemen
Who [G] have found it [D] in your hearts to [Bm] flip Rudy a fin
[C] And I'll be home [D] for Christmas
But this [G] man has [D] no [G] place to go _ _ _ _
_ _ Christmas has no meaning at all
[C] To people of greed [D] and incredible ways [G] to seek
The [D] deeper meaning [Em] in a shop and a mile
[C] In a Yuletide spirit [D] of impatience and haste
[G] Rudy is a patient man
[C] Who tries to see the beauty [D] in _ everything
[G] Rudy is not [Bm] a very _ demanding soul
[C] Whose only wish [D] is to live until [G] the spring _ _ _ _
_ _ Nobody knows the reasons why
_ [C] Things turn out [D] like the way they do
[G] And there ain't [D] no one can tell [Em] you the reasons why
[C] There's fortunate folks [D] like me and you
[G] Rudy must have people somewhere
[C] Who wonder what [D] became of the man
[G] Rudy must wonder [Em] the same damn thing
[C] When the crowd passes by [D] and he sticks out [G] his head _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Deck the halls, Rudolph the red [C]-nosed whino
[D] Knows [G] it's _ Christmastime
_ Jingle bells [Em] and Christmas _ [C] shoppers
Dashing through [D] the snow
_ _ [C] God bless you merry [D] gentlemen
Who [G] have found it in your hearts to [Em] let Rudy again
And [C] I'll be home [D] for Christmas
[A] But this man has no _ [G] place to go
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rudy died on the borderline
[D] Of [C] a civilized world on [D] Christmas Eve
You know the shoppers shout [Em] and the temperatures drop
A [C] man whose [D] absence won't be grieved
[G] Peace on the soul of the cop who fell
[C] In a booth with his head [D] froze to a telephone
Now I think I know [Em] who he had on the line
[C] And Rudy won't [D] spend this Christmas _ [G] alone _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Deck the halls, Rudolph the red [C]-nosed whino
[G] Knows it's _ Christmastime
_ [D] Jingle [Em] bells and Christmas shoppers
[C] Dashing through the [D] snow
_ [C] God bless you merry [D] gentlemen
Who [G] have found it in your hearts [Em] to let Rudy again
[C] And I'll be [D] home for Christmas
And this [G] dear Rudy [D] _
[G] gives goodbye
_ [C] And I'll be home [D] for Christmas
And this [C] dear Rudy [D] _
[G] gives goodbye
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