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