written by Mel Tillis
Credit where it's due...to Larry's tab of Kenny Roger's version. Some of the chords are
slightly different, and some of the lyrics are different, but much is still the same.
INTRO: C
[C]You've painted up your lips and rolled and [F]curled your tinted hai[G]r
[C]Hey Ruby are you contemplating [F]goin' out som[Gsus4]ewhere
[Dm]Shadows on the wall tells me the [G]sun is goin' down
Oh Ru[C]by.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to [C]town
It w[Dm]asn't me who started that old c[C]razy Asian war
And [Dm]I was free to go and do my p[F]atriotic c[Gsus4]hore
And [Dm]Ruby I know I'm not the m[G]an I used to be
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....I still need some compan[C]y
[C]It's hard to love a man who's legs are [F]bent and paralyz[G]ed
And the [C]wants and needs of a woman your age, [F]Ruby I r[Gsus4]ealize
And it [Dm]won't be long I've heard 'em say u[G]ntil I'm not around
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]...don't take your love to to[C]wn
[C]She's leavin' now, I just heard the [F]slammin' of the[G] door
The [C]way I know I've heard it slam a [F]hundred times[G] before
And if [Dm]I could move I'd get my gun and[G] lay her in the ground
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to t[C]own
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to t[C]own,[Dm]
For God's sakes turn aro[C]und, don't t[Dm]ake your love to t[C]own
CHORDS marked (): Play barre chords, mute.
Credit where it's due...to Larry's tab of Kenny Roger's version. Some of the chords are
slightly different, and some of the lyrics are different, but much is still the same.
INTRO: C
[C]You've painted up your lips and rolled and [F]curled your tinted hai[G]r
[C]Hey Ruby are you contemplating [F]goin' out som[Gsus4]ewhere
[Dm]Shadows on the wall tells me the [G]sun is goin' down
Oh Ru[C]by.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to [C]town
It w[Dm]asn't me who started that old c[C]razy Asian war
And [Dm]I was free to go and do my p[F]atriotic c[Gsus4]hore
And [Dm]Ruby I know I'm not the m[G]an I used to be
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....I still need some compan[C]y
[C]It's hard to love a man who's legs are [F]bent and paralyz[G]ed
And the [C]wants and needs of a woman your age, [F]Ruby I r[Gsus4]ealize
And it [Dm]won't be long I've heard 'em say u[G]ntil I'm not around
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]...don't take your love to to[C]wn
[C]She's leavin' now, I just heard the [F]slammin' of the[G] door
The [C]way I know I've heard it slam a [F]hundred times[G] before
And if [Dm]I could move I'd get my gun and[G] lay her in the ground
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to t[C]own
Oh R[C]uby.[F]...[Dm]....don't take your love to t[C]own,[Dm]
For God's sakes turn aro[C]und, don't t[Dm]ake your love to t[C]own
CHORDS marked (): Play barre chords, mute.
