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