Verse
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Wrote a letter this mornin',
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Put it in your hat,
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'Cause no one to read it
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And I know you knew that.
G
I bought a joke,
A
a trick or two,
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Just to bring and show you,
G A
Caught ya with the trickster too
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Sometimes I wonder how ya knew
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B hypnotist, fancytalker,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor
[Verse 2]
A D A
I knew the man and tried to remember
A D A
Just where it was that I'd seen his face.
A D A
Long ago, in a movie show,
A D A
He was like that man singin' bass.
G A
Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:
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The Story Of The Rabbit Man.
G A
Fell right in and said to him:
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"I'd like to help you if I can."
Bm
I know the film would only shock ya,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!
[Verse 3]
A D A
He only needed what you had,
A D A
Asked for nothing more,
A D A
Said he'd like to take you on,
A D A
But it's been done before.
G A
You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
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And he cannot take your hand.
G A
It's very hard to understand
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Why his songs were never banned.
Bm
Guess the man would never knock ya,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!
[Verse 4]
A D A
No one seen ya since he's been gone,
A D A
It's been a day, maybe more.
A D A
I took a walk in your yard
A D A
And knocked on your back door.
G A
Why don't you let me in?
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I'm not the man who did ya in.
G A
Is mr. Remus still your friend?
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You say you don't remember him
G
Turn me down, would ya?
D
Well, I've got news for you.
G
Turn me down would ya,
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Can't ya tell
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I'm gonna change your mind before I'm... trough...