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Lori McKenna - Ruby's Shoes

Capo 4


Intro:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Ruby's shoes would take her
  Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA mile or so to school every day
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Where the white people hated her
       Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away

Verse 2:
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
But Ruby's will was stronger
         Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
She stopped every morning on the corner
    Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
And prayed that someday the pain would go

Chorus:
      Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4          Chord diagramC majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
     Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                Chord diagramC majorC
That all the hatred would go away
             Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                  Chord diagramC majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
                      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Instrumental:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 3:
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Ruby sat alone in the classroom
          Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC
They hated her for the colour of her skin
      Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Well, colour is such an amazing illusion

Chorus:
      Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4          Chord diagramC majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
     Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                Chord diagramC majorC
That all the hatred would go away
             Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                  Chord diagramC majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
                      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Instrumental:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 4:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
And the ruby shoes that she wore
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
She wondered about Oz sometimes
           Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramC majorC
Well, well no other child ever walked in her shoes before

Chorus:
      Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4          Chord diagramC majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
     Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                Chord diagramC majorC
That all the hatred would go away
             Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                  Chord diagramC majorC
She was only six years old, but she knew
                      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Bridge:
Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4  Chord diagramD MajorD
Ruby, if birds can always fly
                      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Why, oh why, can't you and I

Instrumental:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 5:
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Ruby's shoes would take her
  Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA mile or so to school every day
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Where the white people hated her
       Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away

Chorus:
      Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4          Chord diagramC majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
     Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                Chord diagramC majorC
That all the hatred would go away
      Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4          Chord diagramC majorC
She'd stop and she'd pray
     Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4                      Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
That no other children would be raised this way
      Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
Ruby's      shoes

Outro:
   Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
If birds can fly
     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
Then why oh why
   Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
If birds can fly
     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
Then why, oh why, can't I

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