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