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Rasputin - Boney M
Intro: [Am] [Am] [Dm] [E7 - Am] x2
[Am] Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! x2

Verse 1:
There [Am] lived a certain man... in Russia long ago
He was [Dm] big and strong, in his [E7] eyes a flaming [Am] glow
Most [Am] people looked at him...with terror and with fear
But to [Dm] Moscow chicks he was [E7] such a lovely [Am] dear
 
Verse 2:
[Am] He could preach the bible like a preacher
[Dm] Full of ecstasy and [E7] fire
[Am] But he also was the kind of teacher
[Dm] Women [E7] would de-[Am]sire
 
|Chorus:
|[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 [A]

Instrumental: [Am] [Am] [Dm] [E7 - Am] x2 (Hey!)
 
Verse 3:
He [Am] ruled the Russian land...and never mind the Tsar
But the [Dm] cassock danced it was [E7] really wunder [Am] bar
In [Am] all affairs of state...he was the man to please
But he [Dm] was real great when he [E7] had a girl to [Am] squeeze
 
Verse 4:
[Am] For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
[Dm] Though she'd heard the things he'd [E7] done
[Am] She believed he was a holy healer
[Dm] Who would [E7] heal her [Am] son

Chorus:

Verse 5:
"This [Am] man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the [Dm] ladies begged "don't you [E7] try to do it, [Am] please"
No [Am] doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he [Dm] was a brute they just [E7] fell into his [Am] arms
 
Verse 6:
[Am] Then one night some men of higher standing
[Dm] Set a trap, they're not to [E7] blame
[Am] Come to visit.... us they kept demanding
[Dm] And he [E7] really [Am] came

|Chorus:
|[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 he [A] said "I feel fine" [A]
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|[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 [A///////]

Outro:
Oooooh, Those Russians

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