Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Elmo & Patsy)

written by Randy Brooks (The Irish Rovers – Album: It Was a Night Like This)  (1982)

[G] Grandma got run over by a reindeer

walking home from our house Christmas Eve [C]

You can say there’s no such thing as Santa [D]

but [G] as for me and [D] Grandpa we believe [G]

[G] She’d been drinking too much egg nog[D]

and we warned her not to go[G]

but she forgot her medication[C]

and she [G]wandered out the [D]door into the snow[G]

          [G] When we found her Christmas morning [D]

          at the scene of the attack[G]

          there were hoofprints on her forehead[C]

          and [G]incriminating [D]claw marks on her back[G]

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[G] Now were all so proud of grandpa [D]

he’s been taking this so well[G]

see him in there watching football[C]

drinking [G]beer and playing [D]cards with cousin mel[G]

          [G] It’s not Christmas without grandma [D]

          all the family’s dressed in black[G]

          and we just can’t help but wonder[C]

          should we [G] open up her [D] gifts or send them back ! [G]

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[G] Now the goose is on the table [D]

and the pudding made of fig[G]

and the blue and silver candles[C]  that

would[G] just have matched[D] the hair in grandmas’ wig[G]

          [G] I’ve warned all my friends and neighbors [D]

          better watch out for your self’s[G]

          they should never give a license[C]

          to a [G]man who drives a [D] sleigh and plays with elfs ! [G]

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