Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town

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You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
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Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
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The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down -
   C    F
Oh Ru---by
      Dm        F       C
Don't Take your love to town

V2
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Its hard to love a man whose legs are bent and para-lysed
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And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, well Ruby I rea-lize
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But it won't be long i've heard them say un-til I not around

  C    F
Oh Ru---by
      Dm        F       C
Don't Take your love to town

V3.
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It wasn't me that started that old crazy asian war
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But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
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And yes, it's true I'm not the man that I used to be...
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Oh Ru---by
        Dm        F     C
I still need some compa-ny.


V4. -- pm= Palm Mute
      C-pm    C-pm       C-pm  C-pm      F-pm           G-pm
She's leavin' now 'cause I justheard the slammin'of the door
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The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
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And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

   C    F
Oh Ru---by
    Dm         F      C
For God's sake turn a-round!