Intro Am Em C G F# (2x)
verse 1
Am Em C G F#
I met Ruby on a bus from state to state
Am
She was tired
Em
I was timid
C G F#
It was late
Am Em C G F#
She was to marry her southland sweetheart
Am Em
bitter-sweet I am
C G F#
when it comes to young love
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James was a well-known man around town
Am Em
He sold houses to the masses
C G F#
in the state of Burley Down
Am Em C G F#
And I saw him leaving slowly with a young man at his hip
Am Em
Where did my love go?
C G F#
He was the sailor of my ship
Interlude
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verse 2
Am Em C G F#
And Jimmy was the best she ever had
Am Em
When you think you cannot breath
C G F#
and you know you'd rather die instead
Am Em
That's when you know you have to go,
C G F#
and he knew he had to leave
Am Em
So in the state of where you are
C
roll up the windows
G F# Am Em C G F#
saying drive an old blue car
Am Em
Ruby does he hold you like
he held me so
C
After, does he rub your back
G F#
and sing ya slow?
Am Em
Take ya to highest high and
C G F#
lowest low?
Am Em C G F#
Oh, Ruby, I don't think so
Am Em C G F#
James was a well-known man around town
Am Em
He sold houses to the masses
C G F#
in the state of Burley Down
Am Em C G F#
And I saw him leaving slowly with a young man at his hip