{"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":2110371,"song":"Ruby And Carlos","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458272-ruby-and-carlos-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2110371?type=chord","rating":4.74082,"votes":13,"content":"\r\n[ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]      x2\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nRuby said \"You're gettin' us in a world of hurt,  Down below the Mason-Dumbass line the food gets worse.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]  \r\nI can't go back to Tennessee that NASCAR country's not for me, Go on...if you think you must.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]        x2\r\nCarlos packed his drums up in the dark of night, Ruby's standing just outside the front porch light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nChain-smoking Camel straights the sky off to the east got gray, And he rolled off in a cloud of dust.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 Cadd9.          [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd the gray colt knickered at the gate,  She said \"You're right it's getting late.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou and me got work to do, we can't be burning daylight too.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   Cadd9.       [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nShe took down the long lead rope, and stayed off that slippery slope[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]           x2\r\nThe aspen trees were turning gold up top,  The talk was buzzin 'round the beauty shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]Cadd9.           [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n\"Wasn't he barely half her age?,  Well that's just how they do now days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWe should all had been so lucky.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]            x2\r\nBy spring she'd had the run of the free born men, Ruby turned 50 in a sheep camp tent[/tab]\r\n[tab]Cadd9.               [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHer body still could rock all night, but her heart was closed and locked up tight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nPotato fields all muddy and brown, the gossip long since quieted down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd after one more Coggins test, Pouring coffee for the county vet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nPictures on the ice box door, of Carlos in the first Gulf War[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBlack-eyed brown and youthful face, smiling back from a Saudi base[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd then Carlos on the big bay mare, Heavier now and longer hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLooking past the saddle shed, From way on back inside his head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd the old vet said, \"One day, Rube, that colt will break an egg in you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow and then one comes along you just can't ride.\" And he went on home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd the storm door didn't catch, It blew back hard as she struck a match[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut she cupped it just in time??.  And she sent that ash tray [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd holding back the flood, Just don't do no good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou can't unclench your teeth, To howl the way you should[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo you curl your lips around, The taste, the tears, and the hollow sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThat no one owns but you, No one owns but you[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]               x2\r\nCarlos took the road gig and he saw it through, He rode the tour bus while the singer flew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nManaged out of music row, Carlos never saw the studio, Session guys had that all sewn up.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]             x2\r\nHe looks out the window and it starts to sleet, Laying on a friend's couch on Nevada Street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nLately he's been staying high, Sick all winter and they don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                                                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThey don't know why or they just won't say, They don't talk much down at the V.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd Ruby's in his thoughts sometimes, What thoughts can get out past the wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe feels her fingers on his brow, And right then he misses how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                    [ch]F#[/ch]    \r\nShe looked in that gray morning light, She never shaved like they all do now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe sees it all behind his eyes, and his hands go searching but they come up dry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd half way in that wakin' dream, Carlos lets the land line ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHe never guessed it was Ruby calling, The pin in her hip from the gray colt falling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFigure eight in a lazy lope, Stumbled on that slippery slope[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd holding back the flood, Just don't do no good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou can't unclench your teeth, To howl the way you should[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \\ [ch]F#[/ch] \\ [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo you curl your lips around, The taste, the tears, and the hollow sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThat no one owns but you, No one owns but you[/tab]","plain_text":"G                           Cadd9            F#      x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     Cadd9   F#   Em   F#   Cadd9   F#","chords":["G","Cadd9","F#","Em","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}