Ruby's Shoes chords by Lori McKenna
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major)
Ruby's shoes (E minor) would take
Verse 1
(G major)
her
A (C major) (G major) mile or so to school (C major)
every day (G major) (C major) (G major)
Where the white (E minor) people hated (G major) her (E minor)
(C major) They'd scream (G major) and hold signs and
(C major) tell her (G major) to go away (C major) (G major)
But Ruby's (C major) will was stronger
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Verse 2
(G major) (E minor)
(G major) Than the bigots with the
signs (E minor) could ever know (G major) (C major)
(G major) She stopped every (E minor) morning
on the corner (G major) (E minor)
And prayed (G major) that someday
(E minor) the pain (G major) would go
(E minor) And she'd (C major) stop
Verse 3
(D major) and she'd pray (C major)
(D major) That all the hatred would (C major) go away
She was only (D major) six years
old but she knew (C major)
Walk a mile in Ruby's (G major) shoes
(C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
(G major)
Ruby sat (E minor) alone in the classroom (G major) (C major)
(E minor) She never (G major) dreamed the other
children (E minor) would (G major) n't come (C major)
(E minor) They (G major) hated her (E minor) for the (G major) color of her skin
(C major) Well (G major) color is such (C major) an
(G major) amazing illu (E minor) sion
Verse 5
She'd (D major) stop and she'd pray (C major)
(D major) That all the hatred would (C major) go away
She was only (D major) six years old but she knew (C major)
Walk a mile in Ruby's (G major) shoes
(C major) Now
Verse 6
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (G major) Ruby
knew (E minor) about Dorothy (G major) (C major)
And the (G major) ruby shoes (C major) that she wore (G major) (C major)
(G major) She wondered (E minor)
about (G major) Oz sometimes
(E minor) Well, well (G major) no other child (E minor) ever
walked (G major) her shoes before
(E minor) And she'd (C major)
Verse 7
(D major) stop and she'd pray (C major)
(D major) That all the hatred (C major) would go away
She was only (D major) six years
old but she knew (C major)
Walk a mile in Ruby's (G major)
shoes (C major)
(G major) (C major) (E minor)
Verse 8
Ruby, if (C major) birds can always (D major) fly
Why oh why can't (G major) you and I? (C major) (E minor)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 9
(G major)
Ruby's shoes (C major) would take (G major) her
A (C major) (E minor) (G major) mile or so to school (C major)
(E minor) every day (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Where the white (E minor) people hated (G major) her (E minor)
(C major) They'd scream (G major) and hold signs
(E minor) and tell her (G major) to go away
(E minor) And she'd
Verse 10
(D major) stop and she'd pray (C major)
(D major) That all the hatred would (C major) go away
She'd (D major) stop and she'd pray (C major)
That (D major) no other children would be (C major) raised
(G major) this (C major) way (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
Ruby's (G major) (E minor) shoes
Verse 11
(G major) If (E minor) (G major) birds can fly (E minor)
Then (G major) why oh why (E minor)
If (G major) birds can fly (E minor) then why (G major) oh
why (E minor) can't I
Outro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major)
Ruby's Shoes
Lori McKenna
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