Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

Written by Randy Brooks

Key of E · Chords: I II IV V VI VII iii vi

Chorus

E
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
                                      A
walking home from our house Christmas Eve
                                     E
You can say there’s no such thing as santa
    B                        E      D A E
but as for me and grandpa we believe

Verse 1

C                            B
She'd been drinking too much eggnog
                         E
and we begged her not to go
        E7         A
but she forgot her medication
        B                               E
and she staggered out the door into the snow
C#m                         G#m
When we found her Christmas morning
B7                        E
at the scene of the attack
E7                         A
she had hoof prints on her forehead
    B                                E
and incriminating Claus marks on her back

Chorus

E
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
                                      A
walking home from our house Christmas Eve
                                  E
You can say there’s no such thing as santa
    B                        E      D A E
but as for me and grandpa we believe

Verse 2

C                        B
Now were all so proud of grandpa
                         E
he's been taking this so well
        E7                A
see him in there watching football
         B                                  E
drinking beer and playing cards with cousin mel
C#m                        G#m
It's not Christmas without grandma
B7                       E
all the family’s dressed in black
E7                        A
and we just cant help but wonder
          B                              E
should we open up her gifts or send them back!

Chorus

E
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
                                      A
walking home from our house Christmas Eve
                                     E
You can say there’s no such thing as santa
B                            E      D A E
but as for me and grandpa we believe

Verse 3

C                       B
Now the goose is on the table
                        E
and the pudding made of fig
        E7              A
and the blue and silver candles
           B                                      E
that would just have matched the hair in grandmas wig
C#m                        G#m
I've warned all my friends and neighbors
B7                   E
better watch out for yourselves
E7                       A
they should never give a license
     B                                      E
to a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves!

Chorus

E
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
                                      A
walking home from our house Christmas Eve
                                     E
You can say there’s no such thing as santa
    B                        E      C#
but as for me and grandpa we believe
F#
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
                                      B
walking home from our house Christmas Eve
                                     F#
You can say there’s no such thing as santa
    C#                       F#     C# F#
but as for me and grandpa we believe