Ruby Ridge

Old Crow Medicine Show

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Intro

F C G C F C G C

Verse 1

                  F               C
Let me tell you a story, not long ago.
          G           C
High on a mountain in Idaho.
   F                   C
In Idaho, I was living free.
                 G              C
Sold a sawed off shotgun to the deputy.

Chorus

                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down

Verse 2

              F                      C
They shoot my good dog, they shot my boy.
        G                C
My only son my pride and joy.
             F                C
They left my wife dead on the floor,
            G                 C
Holding our baby in the cabin door.

Chorus

                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down

Instrumental

C G C F C G C F C G C F C G C

Verse 3

                 F                    C
So if you take a notion and you wanna go,
            G        C
Build you a cabin in Idaho.
   F                     C
In Idaho, will be living free.
                 G              C
Don't ya sell no shotgun to the deputy.

Chorus

                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
                     F
Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
               C
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
        G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C                  G  C
Please don't shoot me down