Chords for Mel Tillis - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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You've painted up your lips and rolled [A] and curled your [B] tinted hair
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] Ruby, are you [A] contemplating going out [B] somewhere? _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] The shadows on the wall tells me [B] the sun is going down
_ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] Oh, Ruby, _ [A] _
_ _ don't take your [E] love to town
_ [F#m] It wasn't me that started that [E] old crazy Asia war _
[F#m] But I was proud to go and do my [B] patriotic chores
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] And yes, it's true, I'm not the man that I [B] used to be
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] Oh, but _ _ [A] Ruby, _ I still need some [E] company _ _
_ _ _ _ It's hard to love a man whose [A] legs aren't bent and [B] paralyzed
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] And the wants and the needs of a woman your [A] age, Ruby, [B] I realize
_ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] But it won't be long, I've heard them [B] say, until I'm not around
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Oh, [A] Ruby, _ don't take your [E] love to town _
_ _ _ _ She's leaving now cause I just [A] heard the slamming [B] of the door
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] The way I know I've heard it [A] slammed one hundred [B] times before
And [F#m] _
_ _ [A] if I could, _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ oh [E] _ _ _ [A] Ruby, _ _ don't take [E] your love to town
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Ruby, _ _ for God's sake, turn [E]
around _ _ _ _ _