Chords for Vietnam Operations 173rd Airborne Brigade (Lyrics Kenny Rogers, The First Edition Ruby..))

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