Leave me alone (Ruby Red Dress)
D ~ ~
D C - D C
1. Big ole Ruby Red Dress, wanders round the town,
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- D C
talkin’ to herself now, sometimes sittin’
down.
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Don’t you get too close now, Ruby runs away,
D C D
poor
ole Ruby Red Dress, born on a sorry day,
C
I can hear her say...
G Bm
Leave me alone, won’t you leave me alone,
Em G
please, leave me alone now, leave me
alone,
G Bm
oh, leave me alone, just leave
me alone,
Am D
please, leave me, leave me !
+ repeat CHORUS
D C - D C
2. Big ole Ruby Red Dress, everybody
laughs,
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say
she’s got no future, and never
made no past.
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C
Something hurt that Ruby, something she can’t bear,
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you
look at her real close now, you see a little tear,
when
she says, now....
+ CHORUS (2x)
(orig. moves up half a note
to capo 1st here)
+ G - Bm - Em - G - C - D
D
C - D C
3. Some folks say some farm boy
up from Tennessee,
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- D C
taught it all to
Ruby, then just let her be.
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Her daddy tried to hide it, tried to keep things cool,
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but
something happened to Ruby, she broke down to a fool,
C
who
just said, now...
+ CHORUS (2x) ....
(Helen Reddy)