Chords with lyrics
Lori McKenna - Ruby's Shoes
Capo 4
Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ruby's shoes would take her
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A augmentedA mile or so to school every day
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Where the white people hated her
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They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
But Ruby's will was stronger
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Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
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She stopped every morning on the corner
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And prayed that someday the pain would go
Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
That all the hatred would go away
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
G+G C majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ruby sat alone in the classroom
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She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
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They hated her for the colour of her skin
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Well, colour is such an amazing illusion
Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
That all the hatred would go away
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
G+G C majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And the ruby shoes that she wore
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She wondered about Oz sometimes
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Well, well no other child ever walked in her shoes before
Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
That all the hatred would go away
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Bridge:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Ruby, if birds can always fly
G+G C majorC
Why, oh why, can't you and I
Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 5:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ruby's shoes would take her
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
A augmentedA mile or so to school every day
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Where the white people hated her
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
That all the hatred would go away
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
That no other children would be raised this way
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Ruby's shoes
Outro:
G+G C majorC
If birds can fly
G+G C majorC
Then why oh why
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If birds can fly
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Then why, oh why, can't I