Chords for Roger Miller - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

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You've painted up your lips and [F] rolled and curled your [G] tinted hair
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] Ruby are you [Am] contemplating going out [G] somewhere? _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] The shadows on the wall tells [G] me the sun's going down
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_ [C] Oh
_ _ [F] Ruby _
_ Don't take your [C] love to town _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] old crazy war
_ _ [Dm] But I was proud to go and do [F] my [G] patriotic chores _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] And yes, it's true.
I'm not the [G] man that I used to be
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_ [C] I'm a
_ _ _ [F] Ruby I
Still need some [C] company _ _ _
_ _ _ It's hard to love a man whose legs [F] are been [G] paralyzed
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_ [Am] And the wants [C] and the needs of a woman your [F] age Ruby I [G] realize
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[F] But it won't be long I've heard them say [G] until I'm not around _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Oh _
_ [F] Ruby
_ _ Don't take your [C] love to town _ _ _ _ _
She's leaving [A] now, of course, I just [Bb] heard slamming of the door _
_ _ [Ab] _ The way I know I've heard it slammed 100 [Gb] times before
_ [F] And if I could move I'd get my gun [G] and put her in the ground _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] Oh _ _
[F] Ruby
_ _ Don't take your love [C] to town
_ _ _ Oh _ _
[F] Ruby
_ _ For God's sake turn [C] around _
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