Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town
by Neville Court
V1. Intro Notes — A3-G5-D5-G5-D5 A3-G5-D5-G5-D5 Repeat Twice
C F G Dm
You’ve painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
C F G Dm
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
F C G Dm
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
C F G Dm
Its hard to love a man whose legs are bent and para-lysed
C F G Dm
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, well Ruby I rea-lize
F C G Dm
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.
Dm C
It wasn’t me that started that old crazy asian war
Dm F G Dm
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
F C G Dm
And yes, it’s true I’m not the man that I used to be…
C F
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
C-pm C-pm C-pm C-pm F-pm G-pm
The way I know I’ve heard it slam one hundred times before
Dm C G Dm
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!
