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