Kenny Rogers
Ruby chords
Kenny Rogers 1967
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby,_Don%27t_Take_Your_Love_to_Town
Capo III
E E7
You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
A D E E7
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
Bm A E E7
The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down...
A D
Oh Ruby
A
Don't take your love to town
Bm A
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
Bm D E E7
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
Bm A E E7
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be...
A D A
Oh Ruby, I still need some company.
A D E E7
It s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
A D E E7
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize,
Bm E7 E E7
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
A D
Oh Ruby
A
Don't take your love to town
A D E (no music)
She's leaving' now 'cause I heard the slamming' of the door
A D E E7
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
Bm A E E7
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
A D
Oh Ruby
A
Don't take your love to town
A D
Oh Ruby
God sakes, turn around
Set8
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You’ve painted up your lips
And rolled and curled your tinted [G7] hair [G7][Dm]
[C]Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out some-[G7]-where[G7]
The [Dm]shadow on the wall
Tells me the [G7]sun is going down [Dm] [Dm]
Oh [C] Ru-[F]-b-[Am]-y [Dm*]
…don’t take your love to [C] town [C]
It [Dm] wasn’t me that started that old [C] crazy Asian war [C]
But [Dm] I was proud to go and do my [F] patriotic [G7] chore [G7]
And [Dm] yes it’s true that I’m not the [G7]man I used to be [Dm]
Oh [C] Ru-[F]-b-[Am]-y [Dm*]
…I still need some compa-[C-]ny [C]
[C]It’s hard to love a man whose legs
Are [F]bent and para[G7]lysed [Dm] [Dm]
And the [C] wants and the needs of a woman your age
[F] Ruby I rea-[G7]-lise [G7] [G7]
But it [Dm]won’t be long I’ve heard them say
Un-[G7]-til I’m not around [Dm] [Dm]
Oh [C] Ru-[F]-b-[Am]-y [Dm*]
…don’t take your love to [C] town[C]
[C] She’s leaving now ’cause I just heard
The [F] slamming of the [G7] door [G7]
The [C] way I know I’ve heard it slam
One [F] hundred times be-[G7]-fore [G7]
And if [Dm] I could move I’d get my gun
And [G7 ]put her in the ground [Dm] [Dm]
Oh [C] Ru-[F]-b-[Am]-y [Dm*]
…don’t take your love to [C] town
Oh [C] Ru-[F]-b-[Am]-y [Dm*] …for god’s sake turn around
