{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1938199,"song":"Ruthie","artist":"Southeast Engine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433416-ruthie-chords-by-southeast-engine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1938199?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie with the summer heat dying down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        \r\nthere’s no rules in this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwith the brush alongside the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe got nowhere to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand as the warm fronts scatter[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe tend to daily matters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand the first frost lets us know[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhat we will have to undergo[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie I see you working hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat home and on your family’s farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\noh and I can work hard too[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRuthie let me work for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie both of us know how it’s been a hard year[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand how the future is still not clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nhow trouble always hovers near[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand how we have to persevere[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   \r\nso let us backfill what’s been defiled[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand let the wilderness be wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nyeah let all four seasons have their say[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas the last six months decay[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie I’ve been troubled in mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve been serving time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfor some mysterious unknown crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       \r\noh Ruthie let us leave these troubles behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie none of this comes as much of a surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstill the tears well up in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbut all the madness the world employs[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwill not be strong enough to destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall of the sweetness we have gained[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith your garden plots and rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwith your apple trees and all[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe can harvest through the fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh Ruthie oh won’t you take this ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncome let us marry by next spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI know the weather won’t make up its mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh but Ruthie I have made up mine.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}