Rasputin

Rasputin – Boney M

[Intro]
| Bm | Bm | Em | F#  Bm  | 2x
| Bm | Bm |
| Em  F# | Bm |
  Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
| Bm  A | G  F# | 2x
  Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey

[Instrumental]
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[First Part]
      Bm
There lived a certain man in Russia 
long ago
       Em                     F#  
He was big and strong, in his eyes
           Bm
 a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with 
terror and with fear
       Em                   F#    
But to Moscow chicks he was such a
        Bm
 lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a 
preacher
Em                  F#
Full of ecstasy and fire
Bm
But he also was the kind of teacher
Em     F#   Bm
Women would desire

[Chorus]
B     D         E            B
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian
 queen
A           E        B
There was a cat that really was gone
B      D         E               
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest 
  B
love machine
A        E         B
It was a shame how he carried on

[Instrumental]
Continues after the ad
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| Bm | Bm | Em | F#  Bm |

[Second Part]
   Bm
He ruled the Russian land and never 
mind the Tsar
        Em                   F#   
But the kasatschok he danced 
        Bm
really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the 
man to please
           Em                 F#  
But he was real great when he had 
          Bm
a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler 
dealer
Em                                 
Though she'd heard the things he'd 
F#
done
Bm
She believed he was a holy healer
Em        F#       Bm
Who would heal her son

[Chorus]
B     D         E            B
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian
 queen
A           E        B
There was a cat that really was gone
B      D         E               
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest 
  B
love machine
A        E         B
It was a shame how he carried on

Interlúdio
| Bm | A | G  F#m | Bm | 2x
"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"

[Instrumental]
| Bm | Bm  F# | 4x
  Hey hey hey hey  hey hey hey hey
| Bm | Bm | Em | F#  Bm |

[Third Part]
      Bm
"This man's just got to go," 
declared his enemies
        Em                        
But the ladies begged, "Don't you 
F#            Bm
try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of 
hidden charms
          Em                    F#
Though he was a brute they just 
            Bm
fell into his arms
Then one night some men of high 
standing
Em                           F#
Set a trap - they're not to blame
Bm
"Come to visit us," they kept 
demanding
Em     F#     Bm
And he really came

[Chorus 2]
B     D         E            B
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian
 queen
A             E      B
They put some poison into his wine
B      D         E               
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest 
  B
love machine
A           E       B
He drank it all and said "I feel 
fine"

[Refrão 3]
B     D         E            B
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian
 queen
A           E          B
They didn't quit, they wanted his 
head
B      D         E               
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest 
  B
love machine
A           E        B
And so they shot him till he was 
dead

[Outro]
Bm
Oh, those Russians