Rasputin

Intro: (Hm A G F#m) x 2, (Hm F#m) x 2, Hm Em F#7 Hm 
 
      Hm 
There lived a certain man 
In Russia long ago 
       Em 
He was big and strong, 
      F#7              Hm 
In his eyes a flaming glow. 
 
Most people looked at him 
With terror and with fear, 
But to Moscow chicks 
He was such a lovely dear. 
 
Hm 
He could preach the bible like a preacher 
Em                 F#7 
Full of ecstacy and fire. 
Hm 
But he also was the kind of teacher 
Em    F#7     Hm 
Women would desire. 
 
Chorus: 
H     D 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
E            H             A 
Lover of the Russian queen, 
            E         H 
There was a cat that really was gone. 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
Russia‘s greatest love machine, 
It was a shame how he carried on. 
 
(Hm F#m) x 2, Hm Em F#7 Hm 
 
He ruled the Russian land 
And never mind the Czar. 
But the Kasachok 
He danced really wunderbar. 
 
In all affairs of state 
He was the man to please. 
But he was real great 
When he had a girl to squeeze. 
 
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer, 
Though she‘d heard the things he‘d done. 
She believed he was a holy healer 
Who would heal her son. 
 
Chorus. 
 
(Spoken over the chords: (Hm A G A Hm) 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. 
 
(Hm F#m) x 2, Hm Em F#7 Hm 
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 
 
"This man‘s just got to go!" 
Declared his enemies, 
But the ladies begged 
"Don‘t you try to do it, please!" 
 
No doubt this Rasputin 
Had lots of hidden charms 
Though he was a brute 
They just fell into his arms. 
 
Then one night some men of higher standing 
Set a trap, they‘re not to blame. 
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding 
And he really came. 
 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
Lover of the Russian queen 
They put some poison into his wine. 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
Russia‘s greatest love machine 
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine". 
 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
Lover of the Russian queen 
They didn‘t quit, they wanted his head. 
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, 
Russia‘s greatest love machine 
And so they shot him till he was dead. 
 
Oh, those Russians.