[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G C G
Ruby, she was made for going west
D G C
Did not protest my wandering ways
G C G
Ruby, she was pretty as they come
D G C
Twenty-eight years young and unafraid
[Chorus]
D Em C
She gave me shelter on the coldest nights
Em G C
Shaded me on summer days
D Em C
And I had never known my place before
G D G
But that's what Ruby soon became
[Verse]
G C G
Ruby, she wasn't good at going fast
D G C
And the patience that I lacked I learned to grow
G C G
Cause Ruby had a way of breaking down
D G C
Leaving me out there on the road
[Chorus]
D Em C
She gave me shelter on the coldest nights
Em G C
Shaded me on summer days
D Em C
So as we traveled cross the country wide
G D G
Ruby set the pace
[Verse]
Bm C G
Ruby could be fickle and unfit
C G D
Good as I would give at times
Bm C G
Ruby was the closest thing to home
C G Am D
I'll ever know in this life
[Bridge]
G C G
Ruby hit that California sand
D G C
Slipped right through my hands eventually
G C G
Ruby, I guess I knew it all the time
D G C
She was never mine to keep
[Chorus]
D Em C
She gave me shelter on the coldest nights
Em G C
Shaded me on summer days
D Em C
And nothing ever felt like home again
D Em
When Ruby went away
D Em C
And nothing ever felt like home since when
D
Ruby went away
G