Shootin With Rasputin chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
  A minorAm           DmDm   Dm6Dm6
An intimate friend of the Czar was I,
 A minorAm           DmDm    E7E7
A augmentedA personal friend of the great Nikolai.
  A minorAm           DmDm     Dm6Dm6
We practic'ly slept in the same double bed,
    A minorAm        DmDm    E7E7
It was I at the foot and he at the head.


Chorus:
  E minorEm    D#D#         E minor 7Em7      Em6Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
FF  E7E7  A minorAm    DmDm     A minorAm      B7B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7E7          A minorAm    DmDm       A minorAm
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7E7        A minorAm        DmDm   E7E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
A minorAm       DmDm        A minorAm        B7B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7E7          A minorAm
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.

Verse 2:
  A minorAm             DmDm      Dm6Dm6
A augmentedA friend of the Czar was I all his gracious life,
  A minorAm             DmDm    E7E7
But friendlier still was I with his young wife.
  A minorAm            DmDm     Dm6Dm6
We practically slept in the same double bed,
     A minorAm           DmDm    E7E7
Till the Czar kicked me out and slept there instead.


Chorus:
  E minorEm    D#D#         E minor 7Em7      Em6Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
FF  E7E7  A minorAm    DmDm     A minorAm      B7B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7E7          A minorAm    DmDm       A minorAm
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7E7        A minorAm        DmDm   E7E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
A minorAm       DmDm        A minorAm        B7B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7E7          A minorAm
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.

Verse 3:
  A minorAm        DmDm      Dm6Dm6
But one awful day revolution broke out,
 A minorAm           DmDm    E7E7
I failed to see what the fuss was about.
  A minorAm         DmDm     Dm6Dm6
But after a while I bid Russia goodbye—
    A minorAm        DmDm    E7E7
It was simply a case of Lenin or I.


Chorus:
  E minorEm    D#D#         E minor 7Em7      Em6Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
FF  E7E7  A minorAm    DmDm     A minorAm      B7B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7E7          A minorAm    DmDm       A minorAm
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7E7        A minorAm        DmDm   E7E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
A minorAm       DmDm        A minorAm        B7B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7E7          A minorAm
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.


Verse 4:
  A minorAm          DmDm         Dm6Dm6
The Reds took my dough, kicked me out in the cold,
A minorAm            DmDm    E7E7
All I had left were some diamonds and gold.
  A minorAm           DmDm      Dm6Dm6
The Bolsheviks gave me the gate without pity—
  A minorAm              DmDm
But I get my revenge by working for
  A minorAm   DmDm   E7E7
the Un-American Committee.