Chords for Dave Stamey: Ruby Could Sing

I see it as my job.
My job is to go around and show the West to people in all the different ways that there is the West.
That's my job.
It didn't exist until I invented it, but that's my [G] job.
That's what I do.
And to me, [F] _ Ruby's story and stories [B] like that are just as much [Em] part of the history of the West as anything else.
So I wrote a song for Ruby and Roy.
[Em] _ [E] _ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Am] _
[D] [G] And the [Bm] Tonopah Club, the [B] Tonopah Nevada, [Am] _ [G] 1958.
[F#] [G] Slot machines are [E] rattling, the cigarettes smoke, [A] the bodies [D] fever and gray.
[F#] _ [G] [Bm] Through the [G] vinyl and the velvet, [Am] there's an young [C#m] American dream.
[G] Oh, Roy plays piano, [E] Ruby what she sings, [A] my God, [D] how Ruby [G] could [F#] sing.
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ [Bm] I'm in the cocktail [Dm] lounge, [Am]
music rings [Em] out clear.
[Am] [G] Me and everywhere, [E] Mexicali and Ola [A] and some mountain [D] rounder beer.
[Gm] In [G] [B] the middle of the [G] Valley Boom [B] Town, [C] just about to [C#m] run out of steam.
[G] Oh, Roy plays piano, [E] Ruby what she [A] sings, my [D] God, how Ruby [G] could sing.
[G] And [C] she'd sing to me, the old [G] time, the lively boys, when I'm [D] gone.
[G] And some [B] of these days, ain't all of [Em] it so lonely.
[G] Listen, Roy, [C] you're a daily, you're a [C#m] rockin' oldie, please come home.
[G] I'm [E] sorry now, and Ruby [A] would sing, [D] my God, how Ruby [G] could [Am] sing.
[G] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
[D] [G] She'd growl [Am] just like an [B] old flathead Ford, [Am] pipes were deep [Em] and rich.
[Am] [G] She would sing while the Buick [E] turned the Pontiacs, [A] roll up on the Highway [Am] 6.
[F#] [G] Just [D] put a dollar in the [G] kitty, boys, [C] you can ask them [C#m] for anything.
[G] Oh, Roy was born to pound [E] the piano, [A] and he'd [D] smile when Ruby [G] would sing.
[Am] _ [G] And [C] she'd sing to me, I'm [A#m] gonna write myself [G] a letter.
Oh, [B] man, you would, I'd accord [Em] her tonight.
Yes, [G] you would, it [C] would knock you right back [C#m] on your tuck and roll.
[G] And [Em] Ruby sang [E] at her lease, and the Lord [A] gave Ruby what to sing, [D] my God, how Ruby [Em] could sing.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A#m] _ [Am] _ [D] [G] Well, the mines are [Bm] shut down, the old [G] brick casino [C] stands empty [Em] in the wind.
[Am] Out [G] on the Highway 6, [E] them old tail-finned [A] Cadillacs are never coming [D] back again.
_ [G]
[A] If you listen [Bm] close, you can hear the [G] echo [C] of music that true [C#m] love can bring.
[G] Oh, Roy played the piano, [E] and Ruby would sing, [A] my [D] God, how Ruby [G] could [A#m] sing.
[G]
And [C] she'd sing to me, [A#m] my boys, [G] when I'm [G] gone.
And some [B] of these days, they're gonna [Em] be so lonely.
[G] If you are, I'm gonna need [C] it to knock [Em] you right back [A#] on your [Em] tuck and roll.
And Ruby sang [E] at her lease, and the Lord [A] gave Ruby what to sing, [D] my God, how Ruby [G] would sing.
[E] _
[Em] [A] Yes, Ruby would sing, my [D] God, how [G] Ruby could sing.
[Am] _ [G] _
[Em] Hey guys, thank you very, very much for [E] having me this evening.
Wayne, thank you.
Thank you very, very much.
I appreciate it.