Shootin With Rasputin chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
  Am           Dm   Dm6
An intimate friend of the Czar was I,
 Am           Dm    E7
A personal friend of the great Nikolai.
  Am           Dm     Dm6
We practic'ly slept in the same double bed,
    Am        Dm    E7
It was I at the foot and he at the head.


Chorus:
  Em    D#         Em7      Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
F  E7  Am    Dm     Am      B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7          Am    Dm       Am
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7        Am        Dm   E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
Am       Dm        Am        B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7          Am
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.

Verse 2:
  Am             Dm      Dm6
A friend of the Czar was I all his gracious life,
  Am             Dm    E7
But friendlier still was I with his young wife.
  Am            Dm     Dm6
We practically slept in the same double bed,
     Am           Dm    E7
Till the Czar kicked me out and slept there instead.


Chorus:
  Em    D#         Em7      Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
F  E7  Am    Dm     Am      B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7          Am    Dm       Am
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7        Am        Dm   E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
Am       Dm        Am        B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7          Am
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.


Verse 3:
  Am        Dm      Dm6
But one awful day revolution broke out,
 Am           Dm    E7
I failed to see what the fuss was about.
  Am         Dm     Dm6
But after a while I bid Russia goodbye—
    Am        Dm    E7
It was simply a case of Lenin or I.


Chorus:
  Em    D#         Em7      Em6
But all that seems distant, and all that seems far,
F  E7  Am    Dm     Am      B7
From those glorious days at the palace of the Czar,
   E7          Am    Dm       Am
When I went shootin' with Rasputin, ate farina with Czarinas,
E7        Am        Dm   E7
Blintzes with the princess and the Czar, hey, hey, hey.
Am       Dm        Am        B7
We were sharing tea and herring, dipped banana in smetana,
      E7          Am
Borscht and wurst around the samovar.


Verse 4:
  Am          Dm         Dm6
The Reds took my dough, kicked me out in the cold,
Am            Dm    E7
All I had left were some diamonds and gold.
  Am           Dm      Dm6
The Bolsheviks gave me the gate without pity—
  Am              Dm
But I get my revenge by working for
  Am   Dm   E7
the Un-American Committee.