Chords for NEW * Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition {Stereo} 1969
Tempo:
108.75 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
G
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
You've painted up [Em] your lips and rolled and curled your [G] tinted hair
[Dm]
[C] Ruby are you [F] contemplating going [G] out somewhere?
[Dm] The shadow on the wall tells [G] me the Sun is going down
[Dm] [C]
[F] [E] [Dm]
It [C]
[Dm] wasn't me that started [C] that old crazy Asian war
[Dm]
[C] Ruby are you [F] contemplating going [G] out somewhere?
[Dm] The shadow on the wall tells [G] me the Sun is going down
[Dm] [C]
[F] [E] [Dm]
It [C]
[Dm] wasn't me that started [C] that old crazy Asian war
100% ➙ 109BPM
Dm
C
G
F
Em
Dm
C
G
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_ _ _ _ _ You've painted up [Em] your lips and rolled and curled your [G] tinted hair _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] Ruby are you [F] contemplating going [G] out somewhere?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] The shadow on the wall tells [G] me the Sun is going down _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ It [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] wasn't me that started [C] that old crazy Asian war _ _ _
[Dm] But I was proud to go into [F] my [G] patriotic show
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Yes, it's true that I'm [G] not the man I used to be _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ Still [C] need some company _ _
_ _ _ _ It's hard to love a man whose [F] legs are bent and [G] paralyzed _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] And the wants and the needs of a woman your [F] age Ruby I [G] realize _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] But it won't be long.
I've heard them [G] say until I'm not around _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ Ruby I [Dm] _ _ realize
Don't [C] move the town _ _ _ _
_ She's [G] leaving now cuz I just heard the slamming of the door _ _ _ _ _
The way I know I've [Dm] heard it slam 100 times before
_ _ _ _ _ And if I could move I'd get my [G] gun and put her in the ground _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Ruby [E] I _ [Dm] realize
Ruby I realize
[C] Don't take your love to town _ _
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[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ For God's sake turn [N] around _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You've painted up [Em] your lips and rolled and curled your [G] tinted hair _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] Ruby are you [F] contemplating going [G] out somewhere?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] The shadow on the wall tells [G] me the Sun is going down _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ It [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] wasn't me that started [C] that old crazy Asian war _ _ _
[Dm] But I was proud to go into [F] my [G] patriotic show
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Yes, it's true that I'm [G] not the man I used to be _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ Still [C] need some company _ _
_ _ _ _ It's hard to love a man whose [F] legs are bent and [G] paralyzed _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] And the wants and the needs of a woman your [F] age Ruby I [G] realize _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] But it won't be long.
I've heard them [G] say until I'm not around _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ Ruby I [Dm] _ _ realize
Don't [C] move the town _ _ _ _
_ She's [G] leaving now cuz I just heard the slamming of the door _ _ _ _ _
The way I know I've [Dm] heard it slam 100 times before
_ _ _ _ _ And if I could move I'd get my [G] gun and put her in the ground _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Ruby [E] I _ [Dm] realize
Ruby I realize
[C] Don't take your love to town _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ For God's sake turn [N] around _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _