Ruby chords by Nadia Reid

Chords with lyrics

Chords:
A minorAm x02210
E minorEm 022000
C majorC x32010
G+G 32000x
F#F# 20000x

(Hammer-on and pull-off the 2nd fret of the D MajorD string when playing A minorAm and C majorC)

Intro:
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G F#F#
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G F#F#

Verse 1:
A minorAm       E minorEm         C majorC    G+G F#F#
I met Ruby on a bus from state to state
A minorAm
She was tired
  E minorEm
I was timid
     C majorC  G+G F#F#
It was late
A minorAm          E minorEm        C majorC  G+G F#F#
She was to marry her southland sweetheart
A minorAm       E minorEm
bitter-sweet I am
     C majorC        G+G F#F#
when it comes to young love
A minorAm        E minorEm         C majorC  G+G F#F#
James was a well-known man around town
A minorAm          E minorEm
He sold houses to the masses
    C majorC         G+G F#F#
in the state of Burley Down
   A minorAm       E minorEm       C majorC          G+G F#F#
And I saw him leaving slowly with a young man at his hip
A minorAm        E minorEm
Where did my love go?
      C majorC        G+G F#F#
He was the sailor of my ship


Interlude:
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G F#F#
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G F#F#

Verse 2:
A minorAm      E minorEm           C majorC G+G F#F#
And Jimmy was the best she ever had
A minorAm        E minorEm
When you think you cannot breath
C majorC             G+G  F#F#
and you know you'd rather die instead
A minorAm            E minorEm
That's when you know you have to go,
C majorC           G+G  F#F#
and he knew he had to leave
A minorAm         E minorEm
So in the state of where you are
C majorC
roll up the windows
    G+G    F#F#    A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G F#F#
saying drive an old blue car
A minorAm             E minorEm
Ruby does he hold you like

he held me so
C majorC
After, does he rub your back
   G+G    F#F#
and sing ya slow?
A minorAm            E minorEm
Take ya to highest high and
    C majorC  G+G F#F#
lowest low?
  A minorAm  E minorEm     C majorC   G+G F#F#
Oh, Ruby, I don't think so
A minorAm        E minorEm         C majorC  G+G F#F#
James was a well-known man around town
A minorAm          E minorEm
He sold houses to the masses
    C majorC         G+G F#F#
in the state of Burley Down
   A minorAm       E minorEm       C majorC          G+G F#F#