Rubys Shoes chords by Lori McKenna

• Capo on 4th

Lori McKenna - Ruby's Shoes

Capo 4


Intro:
G C G C G C G C

Verse 1:
G   C      G     C
Ruby's shoes would take her
 G       C      G  C
A mile or so to school every day
G     C      G     C
Where the white people hated her
    G        C         G   C
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away

Verse 2:
G     C    G     C
But Ruby's will was stronger
     G        C        G   C
Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
G         C       G    C
She stopped every morning on the corner
  G      C      G     C
And prayed that someday the pain would go

Chorus:
   Dsus4     C
She'd stop and she'd pray
   Dsus4        C
That all the hatred would go away
       Dsus4         C
She was only six years old, but she knew
           G   C
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Instrumental:
G C G C G C

Verse 3:
G     C      G     C
Ruby sat alone in the classroom
     G         C         G   C
She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
   G   C      G       C
They hated her for the colour of her skin
   G     C    G     C
Well, colour is such an amazing illusion

Chorus:
   Dsus4     C
She'd stop and she'd pray
   Dsus4        C
That all the hatred would go away
       Dsus4         C
She was only six years old, but she knew
           G   C
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Instrumental:
G C G C G C

Verse 4:
G    C     G    C
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
    G  C       G   C
And the ruby shoes that she wore
G  C       G   C
She wondered about Oz sometimes
      G    C     G           C
Well, well no other child ever walked in her shoes before

Chorus:
   Dsus4     C
She'd stop and she'd pray
   Dsus4        C
That all the hatred would go away
       Dsus4         C
She was only six years old, but she knew
           G   C G C
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes

Bridge:
Em    C        D  Dsus4 D
Ruby, if birds can always fly
           G    C
Why, oh why, can't you and I

Instrumental:
G C G C G C

Verse 5:
G   C      G     C
Ruby's shoes would take her
 G       C      G  C
A mile or so to school every day
G     C      G     C
Where the white people hated her
    G        C         G   C
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away

Chorus:
   Dsus4     C
She'd stop and she'd pray
   Dsus4        C
That all the hatred would go away
   Dsus4     C
She'd stop and she'd pray
   Dsus4           C        G C  G C
That no other children would be raised this way
   G C G   C
Ruby's   shoes

Outro:
  G     C
If birds can fly
   G   C
Then why oh why
  G     C
If birds can fly
   G    C     G C G
Then why, oh why, can't I