Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Kenny Rogers
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[Verse]E E7You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.A D E E7Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?Bm A E E7The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down...A DOh RubyADon't take your love to town[Verse]Bm AIt wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian warBm D E E7But I was proud to go and do my patriotic choreBm A E E7And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be...A D AOh Ruby, I still need some company.[Verse]A D E E7It s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzedA D E E7And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize,Bm E7 E E7But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not aroundA DOh RubyADon't take your love to town[Verse]A D E (no music)She's leaving' now 'cause I heard the slamming' of the doorA D E E7The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times beforeBm A E E7And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the groundA DOh RubyADon't take your love to town[Outro]A DOh RubyGod sakes, turn around