The Truth About Ruth chords by Morrissey

• Capo on 1st

🎸 Intro:

| Dm A  | Dm A  |



🎸 Verse 1:
Dm    A   Dm      A
 I am a sleuth
I dig up the truth
 Dm     A      Gm       A
I ferret the facts, even when there are none
Dm    A   Dm     A
 A silent child, an elegant youth
Dm     A      Gm     A
This led me to find the truth about Ruth

🎸 Chorus:
Bb   Dm
Ruth is John
Gm6   A
Ruth is John
  Bb       Dm
We all do what we can
    Bb    Bb7  A  A
Just to get along


🎸 Verse 2:
Dm      A       Dm     A
The life you lead, straightforward and bland
Dm     A     Gm     A
Everything happens according to plan
  Dm     A   Dm      A
But some people fight just to take root
   Dm     A        Gm     A
In a world ill-equipped for the truth about Ruth


🎸 Chorus:
Bb   Dm
Ruth is John
Gm6   A
Ruth is John
  Bb       Dm
We all do what we can
    Bb    Bb7  A
Just to get along


🎸 Instrumental:
| Dm A  | Dm A  | Dm A  | Gm A  |
| Dm A  | Dm A  | Dm A  | Gm A  |
| Gm6   | A    | Gm6   | A    |
| Gm6   | A    | Gm6   | A  Gm | F A/E  |


🎸 Verse 3:
  Dm     A    Dm    A
Oh, bully for you, oh, bully for you
   Dm       A        Gm     A
Your groin and your face, they slip right into place
  Dm     A      Dm    A
So masoned and carved, your arrow is drawn
  Dm      A      Gm    A
You know who you are, yet you have no idea


🎸 Chorus:
Gm   Dm
Ruth is John
Gm6   A
Ruth is John
  Gm    Dm
And sooner or later
    Gm F   A/E
We are all calmed down


🎸 Outro:
| Bb   | Dm   | Bb   | Bb7  | A   |