Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
Composers: Credited variously Berry or Berry,Marks
Original Key: C
This number reminds me of Little Queenie.
There is 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
