F C G C F C G C

[Verse]
                 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]
              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]
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[Verse]
                 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