The Statler Brothers - Ruthless

      Ruthless:The Statler Brothers.
#10 on BB Hot Country on COLUMBIA
Records in 1967.


INTRO: (Whistling) Gb..Ebm Abm Db Gb

#1.
Gb                   Ebm                   Abm
Who always cooked my steaks and cooked 'em rare?  

Ruth.
Abm                                     Gb
When the chips were down who was always there?  

Ruth.
                  Ebm               Abm
And to whom did I swear up and down I'd always 

tell the truth?
Db                                     Gb
Yodel-ee-del-ady, who in the world but Ruth.

CHORUS:
        B      Gb              Abm
But now I'm as Ruthless as can be.
                                  Db
Ruthless since Ruth walked out on me.
     Gb               Eb          Abm
Now, I had hopes that someday old Ruth would be 

my wife.
       Db                                 Gb  
But it looks like I'll be Ruthless all my life.


INTERLUDE: (Whistling) Gb..Ebm Abm Db Gb
 
#2.
Gb                 Eb                  Abm
Who always made my world so bright and cheery?

Ol' Ruth.
    Db                               Gb
Who always rubbed my back when I was weary? 

Sweet Ruth.
                    Ebm       Abm     
Who used to call me every day from a telephone

booth?
Db                                     Gb
Yodel-ee-del-ady, who in the world but Ruth.

CHORUS:
        B      Gb              Abm
But now I'm as Ruthless as can be.
                                  Db
Ruthless since Ruth walked out on me.
  Db                 Eb                Abm
I used to think that me and Ruth would share a 

happy home.
       Db                                   Gb         
But it looks like I'll be Ruthless from now on.


OUTRO: (Whistling) Gb Ebm Abm Db Gb..Gb Ebm Abm..(Fade.)



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.