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[Verse 1]
           Am
When I was five
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I put on mama's high heel shoes and painted my face
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And dance across the living room
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In Ruby's place
          Em
Where the music was always playing
Em7                         A        D
Girls would laugh while the men were sayin'

[Chorus]
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm         D              G   Em7
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm             Gm
And I remember mama's tears
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When they said in a few years I'd be something to see

[Verse 2]
        Am              Am7           D
At seventeen I had me a diamond and a string of pearls
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The men said they preffered me to the other girls
     Em                             Em7             A        D
They took me to the best places but I could read it on their faces

[Chorus]
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm         D              G   Em7
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm             Gm
And I remember mama's tears
     Cm             D                             G
When they said in a few years I'd be something to see

[Bridge]
Em        B7   Em   D      G     D
Then when mama died I made up my mind
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To get on a Greyhound, get out of this town
    Cm       D     D7
And leave it all behind

[Verse 3]
              Am
But life goes on
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A child of three smiles up at me while she plays
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The man I love has never heard of "Ruby's Place"
        Em                           Em7          A     D
When he holds her with affection and he uses that old expression

[Chorus]
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm         D              G   Em7
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
G                 E7  Am       D
Apples don't fall far from the tree
Cm             Gm
And I remember mama's tears
     Cm             D                             G
When they said in a few years I'd be something to see