Key: F
Introduction:
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Verse
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Let me tell you a story, not long ago.
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High on a mountain in Idaho.
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In Idaho, I was living free.
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Sold a sawed off shotgun to the deputy.
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Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
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Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
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I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
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They gonna shoot me down
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Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
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Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
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I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
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They gonna shoot me down
Verse
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They shoot my good dog, they shot my boy.
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My only son my pride and joy.
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They left my wife dead on the floor,
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Holding our baby in the cabin door.
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Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
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Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down)
G
I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
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They gonna shoot me down
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Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down)
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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
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Verse
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So if you take a notion and you wanna go,
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Build you a cabin in Idaho.
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In Idaho, will be living free.
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Don't ya sell no shotgun to the deputy.
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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
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I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
C
They gonna shoot me down
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I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge
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Please don't shoot me down