Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
Out of all the reindeers you know you're the mastermind.
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's way too far behind. 0:18
Chorus 1
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town.
Got to make them hurry, tell them you can take the freeway down,
Run, run Rudolph a wheeling like a merry-go-round. 0:36
Verse 2
Said Santa to the boy child "What's the things you're longing for?"
"All I want for Christmas is a rock and roll record guitar",
And then away went Rudolph a whizzing like a shooting star. 0:55
Chorus 2
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town.
Can't you make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down,
Run, run Rudolph, I made it like a merry-go-round. 1:14
Verse 3
Said Santa to the girl child "What's the things you wants to get?"
"A little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink, and wet",
And then away went Rudolph whizzing like a Saber jet. 1:33
Chorus 1, repeated 1:52
Instrumental < same pattern as verse 2:09
Verse 2, repeated
Said Santa to the boy child "What's the things you're longing for?"
"All I want for Christmas is a rock and roll record guitar",
And then away went Rudolph whizzing like a shooting star. 2:28
Chorus 1, repeated 2:46
Instrumental < same pattern as verse 3:05
Chorus 1, repeated 3:23
Outro, instrumental C F C F C G7 C < same pattern as verse, end on C 3:49