Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town chords by 
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition 
Key: C major•
Verse 1
You've painted up your lips
G
Dm
and rolled and curled your tinted hair
C
Ruby are you contemplating
F
G
going out somewhere?
Dm
The shadows on the wall
G
tell me the sun is going down
Dm
C
F
C
Dm
Oh Ru by,
C
don't take your love to town
Verse 2
Dm
It wasn't me that started
C
that old crazy Asian war
Dm
But I was proud to go
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G
and do my patriotic chore
Dm
And yes, it's true
G
that I'm not the man I used to be
Dm
C
F
C
Dm
Oh Ru by,
C
I still need some company
Verse 3
C
It's hard to love a man
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G
Dm
whose legs are bent and paralized
C
And the wants and needs
of a woman your age
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G
Ruby, I realize
Dm
But it won't be long, I've heard them say,
G
until I'm not around
Dm
C
F
C
Dm
Oh Ru by,
C
don't take your love to town
Verse 4
She's leaving now cause I just heard
the slamming of the door
The way I know I heard its slams
one hundred times before
Dm
And if I could move, I'd get my gun
G
and put her in the ground
Dm
C
F
C
Dm
Oh Ru by,
C
don't take your love to town
Outro 1
C
F
C
Dm
Oh Ru by,
for God's sake, turn around
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Dm C F
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Capo: No capo
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