Chords for Mad Ruth/The Babe--Danny O'Keefe

[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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One day [E] I was thinking about the baby _ and [A] the memories he left behind, the old ball game.
_ _ And the shame of it all is that they're almost gone, but there's still a few pieces I can [Em] recall. _
_ _ [D] You [A] catch yourself [G] to a rule, _ you know [F#m] it's just a game.
[Em] You win, you lose, [C] but it's all the same. _ _
[F#] _ [D] And the babe [A] would turn and [G] say,
_ You [F#m] know you're right, but [Em] I'd still love to play. _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ [D] And Ruth, [A] she turns [G] to me and [F#m] wonders where I am,
and [G] where I'd be if [C] she didn't care. _ _ _
[F#] _ [D] I returned [A] to Ruth [G] to say,
You [F#m] know I'd be alright, but [Em] I'd still love to [G] play.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ _ [D] _ [A] The pitch I throws [G] at Ruth, you [F#m] can't afford to miss.
_ [G] She held the ball [C] like a stolen kiss. _ _
_ [D] And the babe [A] just let it [G] fly, _ _ [F#m] and apologized _ [Bm] [Em] like it hurt [G] the guy. _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ [D] And Ruth [A] just loves the [G] pitch, she [F#m] can afford to miss.
[Em] She [G] makes a deal, [C] that she'll steal [F#] your kiss.
[C] _ _
[F#] _ [D] She never [A] says [G] goodbye, _ [D] she really [F#m] loves the game, she [G] hardly knows the guy. _ _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ [C] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [A] And Ruth, _ _ _ you [Bm] should have known the babe. _ _ _
[G] He loved the things [F#m] he'd never had,
[G] and he made you happy [C] [Am] as [B] he [Am] made you _ sad.
[B] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] Baby in my [G] head, [F#m] seems like he never left.
[Dm] [Em] I heard the news [C] like someone dealt. _ _
_ [F#] It [D] was [A] 1948, [G] _ _ _ [F#m] he'd played a game, [Em] but he'd made it great.
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ [D] Matt and Ruth [A] sits on the [G] couch, in [A] someone else's room.
[Em] I win, oh [C] you lose.
[F#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ [D] It's just [A] a game, [G] she'll say.
You [F#m] know she's right, but I'd [Bm] still love to play. _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[E] _ [A] And Ruth, _ you should [Bm] have known the [D] babe. _ _
He [G] loved the things [F#m] he'd never had,
[Em] and he made you happy [C] _ as he [C] made [A] you sad. _ _ _
_ My Ruth, _ _ _ _ you [Bm] would have loved the babe. _ _ _ _
[G] She wanted things [F#m] you'd never had,
and [G] she made you happy, [C] till she [Bm] left [Am] you [A]
sad.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
One evening I was thinking about the babe, _
[E] and the memories she left behind [A] of the whole ball game.
_ And the shame of [E] it all, is that they're almost gone,
[A] _ but there's still a few pieces I can recall.
_ _ My Ruth, _ _ _ you should have known [Bm] the babe. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _