G
C
D7
You’ve painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
G
C
D7
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
C
D7
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
G
C
D7
G
Oh Ru–by don’t take your love to town
Am
C
G
It wasn’t me that started that old crazy Asian war
Am
C
D7
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
C
D7
And I know girl that I’m not the man that I used to be
G
C
D7
G
But Ru–by I still need some comp-any
C
D7
It’s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
G
C
D7
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
C
D7
But it won’t be long I’ve heard them say until I’m not around
G
C
D7
G
Oh Ru–by don’t take your love to town
C
D7
She’s leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
G
C
D7
The way I know I’ve heard it slam one hundred times before
C
D7
And if I could move I’d get my gun and put her in the ground
G
C
D7
G
Oh Ru–by don’t take your love to town
C
G
Ruby for God sake’s turn around
C
D7
G
Don’t take your love to town
D7
G
Am
C
