Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
written by Mel Tillis
tabbed 5/22/05
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 F G
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
C F Gsus4
Hey Ruby are you contemplating goin' out somewhere
Dm G
Shadows on the wall tells me the sun is goin' down
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town
Dm C
It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war
Dm F Gsus4
And I was free to go and do my patriotic chore
Dm G
And Ruby I know I'm not the man I used to be
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........I still need some company
C F G
It's hard to love a man who's legs are bent and paralyzed
C F Gsus4
And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
Dm G
And it won't be long I've heard 'em say until I'm not around
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby.......don't take your love to town
C F G
She's leavin' now, I just heard the slammin' of the door
C F G
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
Dm G
And if I could move I'd get my gun and lay her in the ground
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town
C F Dm C Dm
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town,
C Dm C
For God's sakes turn around, don't take your love to town