The Be Good Tanyas - Rudy

^GRudy lives on the borderline Between ^Ccivilization and ^Dbasic survival And the ^Gsummertime ^Dtreats him ^Emfairly well But the ^Cwintertime is a ^Dbitter cold rival It's ^Gwintertime now in Georgetown The ^Cstreets come alive with the ^DChristmas lights And ^GRudy ^Dsleeps on a ^Emwarm air grate With a ^Cnewspaper blanket on ^DDecember nights

^DDeck the halls Rudolph the red-nosed ^Cwino Knows it's ^GChristmas time Jingle ^DBells and ^EmChristmas shoppers ^CDashing through the ^Dsnow God ^Crest ye merry ^Dgentlemen Who have ^Gfound it in your ^Dhearts To flip ^EmRudy a fin And ^CI'll be home for ^DChristmas But this man ^Chas No ^Dplace to ^Ggo

^GChristmas has no meaning at all To the ^Cpeople of greed and ^Dincredible waste They ^Gseek the deeper ^Dmeaning In a ^Emshopping mall In a ^Cyuletide spirit Of ^Dimpatience and haste ^GRudy is a patient man Who ^Ctries to see the beauty in ^Deverything Yes, and ^Gnot a ^Dvery ^Emdemanding soul Whose ^Conly wish is To ^Dlive until the ^GSpring

^GNobody knows the reasons why ^CThings turn out Like the ^Dway they do And there ^Gain't no one to ^Dtell you The ^Emreasons why There's ^Cfortunate folks Like ^Dme and you ^GRudy must have people somewhere Who ^Cwonder what Be^Dcame of the man And ^GRudy must ^Dwonder The ^Emsame damn thing As the ^Ccrowd passes by And ^Dhe sticks out his ^Ghand

^DDeck the halls Rudolph the red-nosed ^Cwino Knows it's ^GChristmas time Jingle ^DBells and ^EmChristmas Shoppers ^CDashing through the ^Dsnow ^CGod rest ye merry ^Dgentlemen Who have ^Gfound it in your ^Dhearts To flip ^EmRudy a fin And ^CI'll be home for ^DChristmas But this man ^Chas No ^Dplace to ^Ggo

^GRudy died on the borderline Of a ^Ccivilized world On ^DChristmas Eve You know the ^Gshoppers ^Dshopped And the ^Emtemperatures dropped On a ^Cman whose absence ^DWon't be grieved ^GPeace on the soul of the cop Who found him in a ^Cbooth With his hand froze ^Dto a telephone You know, I ^Gthink I ^Dknow Who he ^Emhad on the line And ^CRudy won't spend ^DThis Christmas ^Galone

^DDeck the halls Rudolph the red-nosed ^Cwino Knows it's ^GChristmas time Jingle ^DBells and ^EmChristmas Shoppers ^CDashing through the ^Dsnow ^CGod rest ye merry ^Dgentlemen Who have ^Gfound it in their ^Dhearts To flip ^EmRudy a fin And ^CI'll be home for ^DChristmas

^CRudy ^Dgets to ^Ggo Yeah, ^CI'll be home for ^DChristmas And this year, ^CRudy ^Dgets to ^Ggo