Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Tab

Title:  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, https://youtu.be/S0XOmgJc2cE
Author: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Capo:   2nd fret  (optionally).
Tempo:  4/4 time. Play with swinging feel.
Play bass quarters and insert eighths. Eighths are marked '+'.
The chords indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.
 
[Verse]
   g   +      +                            +             +      +              D7       +      +
E|-----0--------------3----|-0---------------------|-----0------0-------3----|-2a-----------------------|
B|-3----------3-p0---------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-1a-----------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------0-------|-------------------------|-2a-------2------2--------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0--------------0----|
A|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-0a-----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2------------|
   Rudolph    the red-nosed  reindeer                had a  very   shiny       nose.
 
       +      +              D             +             +      +              G             +
E|--------------------2----|-0---------------------|-----0------0-------0----|-----------------------|
B|-1--h3------1------------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-0---------------------|
G|---------------2---------|---------------2-------|-------------------------|---------------0-------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0-----------------------|-----------2-----------|
E|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-3---------------------|
   And if     you ever       saw  him,               you would even say it     glows.
 
   G   +      +                            +             +      +              D7       +      +
E|-----0--------------3----|-0---------------------|-----0------0-------3----|-2a----------------------|
B|-3----------3-p0---------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-1a----------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------0-------|-------------------------|-2a-------2------2-------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0-------------0----|
A|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-0a----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2-----------|
   All of     the other      reindeer               used to laugh and call him names,
 
       +      +              D             +             +      +              G            +
E|--------------------2----|-0---------------------|-----0------0------/5----|-3--------------------|
B|-1--h3------1------------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-0--------------------|
G|---------------2---------|---------------2-------|-------------------------|--------------0-------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0----------0----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0-----------------------|----------2-----------|
E|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-3--------------------|
   They never let     poor   Rudolph                 join in any   reindeer    games.
 
 
[Interlude]
   C             +         G       +      +          D7           +          G            +
E|-0----0----3------0----|-------------------------|------0----------------|-----------------------|
B|-1---------1-----------|-3---0---3---------------|-1--------3-------1----|-0---------------------|
G|---------------0-------|----------------0--------|--------------2--------|--------------0--------|
D|------2-----------2----|-----0--------------0----|------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|
A|-3---------------------|------------2------------|-0--------0------------|----------2------------|
E|-----------3-----------|-3-----------------------|-----------------------|-3---------------------|
   Then one  foggy         Christmas Eve,            Santa    came to       say,
 
   A                             +      +         A7       +              D7       +
E|--------------------|-0----0---0--------------|-3--------3--2----0----|-----------------------|
B|-----------0----2---|-------------------------|-----------------------|-3----1----------------|
G|-2----2-------------|-----------------2-------|-----------------------|----------2------------|
D|------2---------2---|------2-------------2----|------2-----------2----|------0-----------0----|
A|-0------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------0---------|-0-----------0---------|
E|-----------0--------|-------------0-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  "Rudolph   with your  nose so  bright,          won't you guide my     sleigh tonight?"
 
 
[Reprise]
    G   +      +                            +             +      +              D7       +      +
E|-----0--------------3----|-0---------------------|-----0------0-------3----|-2a----------------------|
B|-3----------3-p0---------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-1a----------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------0-------|-------------------------|-2a-------2------2-------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0-------------0----|
A|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-0a----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2-----------|
   Then how the  reindeer    loved him               and they shouted out with glee,
 
       +      +              D             +             +      +              G            +
E|--------------------2----|-0---------------------|-----0------0------/5----|-3--------------------|
B|-1--h3------1------------|------3----------------|-3------3------3---------|-0--------------------|
G|---------------2---------|---------------2-------|-------------------------|--------------0-------|
D|--------0-----------0----|------0-----------0----|--------0-----------0----|------0----------0----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0-----------------------|----------2-----------|
E|---------------2---------|-----------2-----------|---------------2---------|-3--------------------|
  "Rudolph    the red-nosed  reindeer,               you'll go down in histo-  ry."
 
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| a   Arpeggio = harp-like (strike all strings in fast sequence)
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
 
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