Intro: Am Am Dm E Am x2
Am Hey hey hey hey Am hey hey Em hey hey x2
Am G F Em Am x2
Lead-in: Am Am Em Am Am Em
1. There Am lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was Dm big and strong, in his E eyes a flaming Am glow
Am Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Dm Moscow chicks he was E such a lovely Am dear
Am He could preach the bible like a preacher
Dm Full of ecstasy and E fire
Am But he also was the kind of teacher
Dm Women E would Am desire
Chorus 1:
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D lover of the A Russian queen
G There was a D cat that A really was gone
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D Russia’s greatest A love machine
G It was a D shame how A he carried on
Am Am Em Am Am Em
Lead-in: Am Am Dm E Am
2. He Am ruled the Russian land and never mind the Tsar
But the Dm kasatschok he danced E really Am wunderbar
Am In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was Dm real great when he E had a girl to Am squeeze
Am For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Dm Though she’d heard the things he’d E done
Am She believed he was a holy healer
Dm Who would E heal her Am son
Chorus 1:
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D lover of the A Russian queen
G There was a D cat that A really was gone
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D Russia’s greatest A love machine
G It was a D shame how A he carried on
Am Spoken: G F underneath Em Am the above x 2
"But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power
became known to more and more people, the demands to do
something about this outrageous man became louder and louder".
Am Hey hey hey hey Am hey hey Em hey hey x 4
Lead-in: Am Am Dm E Am
"This Am man’s just got to go," declared his enemies
But the Dm ladies begged, "Don’t you E try to do it, Am please"
Am No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he Dm was a brute they just E fell into his Am arms
Am Then one night some men of high standing
Dm Set a trap – they’re not to E blame
Am "Come to visit us," they kept demanding
Dm And he E really Am came
Chorus 2:
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D lover of the A Russian queen
G They put some D poison A into his wine
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D Russia’s greatest A love machine
G He drank it D all and A said "I feel fine"
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D lover of the A Russian queen
G They didn’t D quit, they A wanted his head
A Ra Ra C Rasputin, D Russia’s greatest A love machine
G And so they D shot him A till he was dead
* Spoken: Am Oh, those Russians
