Chords for Robert Mizzell |Medley | Ruby, The Gambler, Reuben James | TG4
Tempo:
98.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
She painted up her lips and rolled [Em] and curled [G] her chin and hair
[C] Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out [G] somewhere?
[Dm] The shadows on the wall tells me [G] the sun is going down
[C] Oh Ruby
[F]
[Am] [Dm] Please [C] don't take your love to town
[Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] old crazy Asian war
[Dm] But I'm proud to go near [F] my patriotic [G] shore
[Dm] Yes it's true that I'm not [G] the man I used to be
[C] Oh Ruby
[F] [C] I [Dm]
[C] sure could use some company
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slammed one hundred times before
[G] [Dm] If I could move I'd get my gun [G] and put her in the ground Oh [C] Ruby
[F]
[Am] Oh [Dm] [C] please don't take your love to town
[A] [Em]
[D] All the walls, summer and zeit, [G] all the strange mountain [D] nowhere
I met up with a guy in the grove, we were both too tired [A] to speak
[D] So we took turns staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
The mortal [G] [D] lover took us [A] and he began [D] to speak
Well he said son I've made a life [G] out of reading [D] people's faces
Knowing what the contrary by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D] And if you don't mind me saying
[G] I think you're [D] right Mrs.
[G] For a drink of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
You gotta know when to pull [G] up
And know when [D] to fold up
[G] Know when [D] to walk away
And know [A] when to run
[D] You never [G] count [D] your money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be timing those accounts
[A] [D] When the dealings done
You gotta know when to hold up
[G] And know when [D] to fold [G] up
And know [D] when to walk away
And know when [A] to run
You [D] never [Em] count your [D] money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be [G] timing [D] those accounts
[A] When the [D] dealings [B] done
[E] Oh Ruben James
And [B] my song you'll [E] hear again
And [A] the phrases that [E] I write
Are like the footsteps out of time
From [A] the time when [E] I knew you Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
[C] Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out [G] somewhere?
[Dm] The shadows on the wall tells me [G] the sun is going down
[C] Oh Ruby
[F]
[Am] [Dm] Please [C] don't take your love to town
[Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] old crazy Asian war
[Dm] But I'm proud to go near [F] my patriotic [G] shore
[Dm] Yes it's true that I'm not [G] the man I used to be
[C] Oh Ruby
[F] [C] I [Dm]
[C] sure could use some company
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slammed one hundred times before
[G] [Dm] If I could move I'd get my gun [G] and put her in the ground Oh [C] Ruby
[F]
[Am] Oh [Dm] [C] please don't take your love to town
[A] [Em]
[D] All the walls, summer and zeit, [G] all the strange mountain [D] nowhere
I met up with a guy in the grove, we were both too tired [A] to speak
[D] So we took turns staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
The mortal [G] [D] lover took us [A] and he began [D] to speak
Well he said son I've made a life [G] out of reading [D] people's faces
Knowing what the contrary by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D] And if you don't mind me saying
[G] I think you're [D] right Mrs.
[G] For a drink of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
You gotta know when to pull [G] up
And know when [D] to fold up
[G] Know when [D] to walk away
And know [A] when to run
[D] You never [G] count [D] your money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be timing those accounts
[A] [D] When the dealings done
You gotta know when to hold up
[G] And know when [D] to fold [G] up
And know [D] when to walk away
And know when [A] to run
You [D] never [Em] count your [D] money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be [G] timing [D] those accounts
[A] When the [D] dealings [B] done
[E] Oh Ruben James
And [B] my song you'll [E] hear again
And [A] the phrases that [E] I write
Are like the footsteps out of time
From [A] the time when [E] I knew you Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
Key:
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_ _ _ She painted up her lips and rolled [Em] and curled [G] her chin and hair
_ _ [C] Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out [G] somewhere? _ _
[Dm] The shadows on the wall tells me [G] the sun is going down
_ [C] Oh _ Ruby
[F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] Please _ [C] don't take your love to town _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] old crazy Asian war _
_ [Dm] But I'm proud to go near [F] my patriotic [G] shore
_ _ [Dm] Yes it's true that I'm not [G] the man I used to be
[C] Oh Ruby
_ [F] _ [C] I _ [Dm] _ _
[C] sure could use some company _ _ _
_ _ She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
_ The way I know I've heard it slammed one hundred times before
_ [G] [Dm] If I could move I'd get my gun [G] and put her in the ground Oh [C] _ Ruby
_ [F] _ _
[Am] Oh [Dm] _ _ [C] please don't take your love to town
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em]
[D] All the walls, summer and zeit, [G] all the strange mountain [D] nowhere
I met up with a guy in the grove, we were both too tired [A] to speak
[D] So we took turns staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
The mortal [G] [D] lover took us [A] and he began [D] to speak
Well he said son I've made a life [G] out of reading [D] people's faces
Knowing what the contrary by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D] And if you don't mind me saying
[G] I think you're [D] right Mrs.
[G] For a drink of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
You gotta know when to pull [G] up
And know when [D] to fold up
[G] Know when [D] to walk away
And know [A] when to run
[D] You never [G] count [D] your money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be timing those accounts
[A] [D] When the dealings done
You gotta know when to hold up
[G] And know when [D] to fold [G] up
And know [D] when to walk away
And know when [A] to run
You [D] never [Em] count your [D] money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be [G] timing [D] those accounts
_ [A] When the [D] dealings [B] done
_ [E] _ _ Oh Ruben James
And [B] my song you'll [E] hear again
And [A] the phrases that [E] I write
Are like the footsteps out of time
From [A] the time when [E] I knew you Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out [G] somewhere? _ _
[Dm] The shadows on the wall tells me [G] the sun is going down
_ [C] Oh _ Ruby
[F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] Please _ [C] don't take your love to town _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] old crazy Asian war _
_ [Dm] But I'm proud to go near [F] my patriotic [G] shore
_ _ [Dm] Yes it's true that I'm not [G] the man I used to be
[C] Oh Ruby
_ [F] _ [C] I _ [Dm] _ _
[C] sure could use some company _ _ _
_ _ She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
_ The way I know I've heard it slammed one hundred times before
_ [G] [Dm] If I could move I'd get my gun [G] and put her in the ground Oh [C] _ Ruby
_ [F] _ _
[Am] Oh [Dm] _ _ [C] please don't take your love to town
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em]
[D] All the walls, summer and zeit, [G] all the strange mountain [D] nowhere
I met up with a guy in the grove, we were both too tired [A] to speak
[D] So we took turns staring [G] out the window at [D] the darkness
The mortal [G] [D] lover took us [A] and he began [D] to speak
Well he said son I've made a life [G] out of reading [D] people's faces
Knowing what the contrary by the way they held [A] their eyes
[D] And if you don't mind me saying
[G] I think you're [D] right Mrs.
[G] For a drink of [D] your whiskey
[A] I'll give you [D] some advice
You gotta know when to pull [G] up
And know when [D] to fold up
[G] Know when [D] to walk away
And know [A] when to run
[D] You never [G] count [D] your money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be timing those accounts
[A] [D] When the dealings done
You gotta know when to hold up
[G] And know when [D] to fold [G] up
And know [D] when to walk away
And know when [A] to run
You [D] never [Em] count your [D] money
[G] While you're sitting [D] at the table
You'll be [G] timing [D] those accounts
_ [A] When the [D] dealings [B] done
_ [E] _ _ Oh Ruben James
And [B] my song you'll [E] hear again
And [A] the phrases that [E] I write
Are like the footsteps out of time
From [A] the time when [E] I knew you Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James [A] Ruben James
Used to walk the furrowed fields [E] of my mind
A faded [A] shirt, a weathered brow
The [E] carousel's hands upon the plow
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James
I [D] loved you babe and I love you now [E] Ruben James _ _ _ _