Intro 
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Verse 
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Let me tell you a story, not long ago. 
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High on a mountain in Idaho. 
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In Idaho, I was living free. 
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Sold a sawed off shotgun to the deputy. 


[Refrão]
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Well, don't shoot me down. (They're gonna shoot me down) 
               C 
Don't shoot me down. (Gonna shoot me down) 
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I gotta wife and kids on Ruby Ridge 
C 
They gonna shoot me down 
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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 
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They shoot my good dog, they shot my boy. 
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My only son my pride and joy. 
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They left my wife dead on the floor, 
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Holding our baby in the cabin door. 


[Refrão]
                     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 
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So if you take a notion and you wanna go, 
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Build you a cabin in Idaho. 
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In Idaho, will be living free. 
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Don't ya sell no shotgun to the deputy. 


[Refrão]
                     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 
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Please don't shoot me down