Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run (Guitar)

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Composers: Credited variously Berry or Berry, Marks Original Key: C This number reminds me of Little Queenie. There is a slight difference between the first line of the choruses. There is a change to F in the first chorus which is missing in later ones. The F in these is in brackets. [Intro] C F9 C C7

F                                                  C
Out of all the reindeers you know you're the mastermind

G                                          C
Run, run Rudolph, Randolph ain't too far behind

[Chorus]

C                 F                         C
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town

F                                                      C
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down

G                                                   C
Run, run Rudolph 'cause I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round

[Verse 1]

C                          F                          C
Said Santa to a boy child "What have you been longing for?"

F                                                        C
"All I want for Christmas is a Rock and Roll electric guitar"

          G                                           C
And then away went Rudolph a-whizzing like a shooting star

[Chorus]

C              ( F )                       C
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town

F                                                      C
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down

G                                        C
Run, run Rudolph reelin' like a merry-go-round

[Instrumental] C F C G C G7 [Chorus]

C               ( F )                       C
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town

F                                                      C
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down

G                                            C
Run, run Rudolph I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round

[Verse 2]

     C                      F                             C
Said Santa to a girl child "What would please you most to get?"

   F                                               C
"A little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink and wet"

          G                                        C
And then away went Rudolph a whizzing like a Sabrejet

[Chorus]

C               ( F )                       C
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town

F                                                      C
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down

G                                                   C
Run, run Rudolph  I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round

[Outro] C7 F7 C7