Rasputin Chords

[Intro]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0--2-2--2-2-4-2-0-2-----0--2-2--2--2-2-4-2-0-2------2--2-2-4-2-0-2------|
D|-2----------------------2--------------------------2-0---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------4-0-2-4-2-0-2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-1-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                              (hammer on notes before playing)
    Am   G    F    Am    Am   G    F    Am      Am      Am      Am     Em
e|--0000-3333-111--000---0000-3333-111--000-----0---00--0---00--0---0-0---0-0|
B|--1111-0000-111--111---1111-0000-111--111-----0h1-11--0h1-11--0h1-0-0---0-0|
G|--2222-0000-222--222---2222-0000-222--222-----0h2-22--0h2-22--0h2-0-0---0-1|
D|--2222-0000-333--222---2222-0000-333--222-----0h2-22--0h2-22--0h2-0-0h2-0-2|
A|--0000-2222-333--000---0000-2222-333--000-----0---00--0---00--0---0-0h2-0-2|
E|-------3333-111--------3333-111-------------------------------------0---0-0|
 
    Am      Am      Am    Em
e|--0---00--0---00--0---0-0---0-0--------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1-11--0h1-11--0h1-0-0---0-0--------------------------------------------|
G|--0h2-22--0h2-22--0h2-0-0---0-1--------------------------------------------|
D|--0h2-22--0h2-22--0h2-0-0h2-0-2--------------------------------------------|
A|--0---00--0---00--0---0-0h2-0-2--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0---0-0--------------------------------------------|
 
 
Play 5 bars of Am, on the 4th bar bring your pinky up to D string 3rd fret to make
an Fmaj7/A:
e|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-2-|
D|-3-|
A|-0-|
E|-x-|
 
| Am | Am | Am | Fmaj7/A | Am |
 
| Dm | Dm | E  | Am |
 
 
(For added flair, hammer on Am every measure when it appears in the verses and add
the 6th string 3rd fret to Em before switching to Am.)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
Dm                            Em              Am
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
 
Most people look at him with terror and with fear
       Dm                    Em             Am
But to Moscow chicks, he was such a lovely dear
 
He could preach the Bible like a preacher
Dm                  Em     Am
Full of ecstasy and fire
 
But he also was the kind of teacher
Dm    Em      Am
Women would desire
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am    C         D            Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen
G           D        Am
There was a cat that really was gone
      C         D                 Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
G        D         Am
It was a shame how he carried on
 
 
| Am | Am | Am | Em | Em |
 
| Am | Am | Am | Em | Em |
 
| Am | Am | Fmaj7/A Am |
 
| Dm | Dm | Em | Am |
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Tsar
        Dm                  Em           Am
But the kazachok, he danced really wunderbar
 
In all affairs of state, he was the man to please
       Dm                           Em      Am
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
 
For the Queen, he was no wheeler-dealer
Dm                                 Em    Am
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
 
She believed he was a holy healer
Dm        Em       Am
Who would heal her son
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am    C         D            Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen
G           D        Am
There was a cat that really was gone
      C         D                 Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
G        D         Am
It was a shame how he carried on
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Am                    G            C  G                    Am
But when his drinking, and lusting    and his hunger for power
 
Became known to more and more people
               G                                C     G                Am
The demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder
 
 
| Am | Am | Fmaj7/A Am |
| Am | Am | Fmaj7/A Am |
 
| Dm | Dm | Em | Am |
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Am
"This man's just gotta go," declared his enemies
        Dm                        Em            Am
But the ladies begged, "Don't you try to do it, please"
 
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
          Dm                     Em            Am
Though he was a brute, they just fell into his arms
 
Then one night some men of higher standing
Dm                           Em  Am
Set a trap, they're not to blame
 
"Come to visit us," they kept demanding
Dm     Em     Am
And he really came
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am    C         D            Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen
G             D      Am
They put some poison into his wine
      C         D                 Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
G           D          Am
He drank it all and he said, "I feel fine"
      C         D            Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen
G           D          Am
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
      C         D                  Am
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
G           D         Am
And so they shot him 'til he was dead
 
 
[Outro]
 
N.C.
Oh, those Russians
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