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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Chord Guide | |||
32 1 C: x32010 |
13421
Bm: x24432 |
231
Am: x02210 |
3
4
G: 3x0003 |
12 Em: 022000 |
1 2
A7: x02020 |
213
D7: xx0212 |
132
D: xx0232 |
B
D U B D U
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + w/swing feel |
Intro (Play freely, one strum/chord):
C Bm Am G
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
C Bm Am G
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
Em Am
But do you recall
A7 D7
The most famous reindeer of all?
w/strum pattern:
G (3)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
D
Had a very shiny nose
D (3)
And if you ever saw it
G
You would even say it glows
G (3)
All of the other reindeer
D
Used to laugh and call him names
D (3)
They never let poor Rudolph
G
Join in any reindeer games
C G
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
C G
Santa came to say:
D (2)
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
A7 D7
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
G (3)
Then how the reindeer loved him.
D
As they shouted out with glee:
D (3)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
G (hold 3rd beat)
You'll go down in history"
End
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.