G
Rudy lives on the borderline
C D
Between civilization and basic survival
G D Em
And the summertime treats him fairly well
C D
But the wintertime is a bitter cold rival
G
It's wintertime now in Georgetown
C D
The streets come alive with the Christmas lights
G D Em
And Rudy sleeps on a warm air grate
C D
With a newspaper blanket on December nights
[Chorus]
D
Deck the halls
C
Rudolph the red-nosed wino
G
Knows it's Christmas time
D Em
Jingle Bells and Christmas shoppers
C D
Dashing through the snow
C D
God rest ye merry gentlemen
G D
Who have found it in your hearts
Em
To flip Rudy a thin
C D
And I'll be home for Christmas
C
But this man has
D G
No place to go
[Verse]
G
Christmas has no meaning at all
C D
To the people of greed and incredible waste
G D
They seek the deeper meaning
Em
In a shopping mall
C
In a yuletide spirit
D
Of impatience and haste
G
Rudy is a patient man
C D
Who tries to see the beauty in everything
G D Em
Yes, and not a very demanding soul
C
Whose only wish is
D G
To live until the Spring
[Verse]
G
Nobody knows the reasons why
C
Things turn out
D
Like the way they do
G D
And there ain't no one to tell you
Em
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 D
And Rudy must wonder
Em
The same damn thing
C
As the crowd passes by
D G
And he sticks out his hand
[Chorus]
D
Deck the halls
C
Rudolph the red-nosed wino
G
Knows it's Christmas time
D Em
Jingle Bells and Christmas Shoppers
C D
Dashing through the snow
C D
God rest ye merry gentlemen
G D
Who have found it in your hearts
Em
To flip Rudy a thin
C D
And I'll be home for Christmas
C
But this man has
D G
No place to go
[Verse]
G
Rudy died on the borderline
C
Of a civilized world
D
On Christmas Eve
G D
You know the shoppers shopped
Em
And the temperatures dropped
C
On a man whose absence
D
Won't be grieved
G
Peace on the soul of the cop
C
Who found him in a booth
D
With his hand froze to a telephone
G D
You know, I think I know
Em
Who he had on the line
C
And Rudy won't spend
D G
This Christmas alone
[Chorus]
D
Deck the halls
C
Rudolph the red-nosed wino
G
Knows it's Christmas time
D Em
Jingle Bells and Christmas Shoppers
C D
Dashing through the snow
C D
God rest ye merry gentlemen
G D
Who have found it in their hearts
Em
To flip Rudy a thin
C D
And I'll be home for Christmas
And this year
C D G
Rudy gets to go
C D
Yeah, I'll be home for Christmas
C D G
And this year, Rudy gets to go
