WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | David Allan Coe - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Chords | Ver. 1
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
written by Mel Tillis
Credit where it's due...to Larry's tab of Kenny Roger's version. Some of the chords are
slightly different, and some of the lyrics are different, but much is still the same.
INTRO: C
C F G
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
C F Gsus4
Hey Ruby are you contemplating goin' out somewhere
Dm G
Shadows on the wall tells me the sun is goin' down
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town
Dm C
It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war
Dm F Gsus4
And I was free to go and do my patriotic chore
Dm G
And Ruby I know I'm not the man I used to be
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........I still need some company
C F G
It's hard to love a man who's legs are bent and paralyzed
C F Gsus4
And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
Dm G
And it won't be long I've heard 'em say until I'm not around
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby.......don't take your love to town
C F G
She's leavin' now, I just heard the slammin' of the door
C F G
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
Dm G
And if I could move I'd get my gun and lay her in the ground
C F Dm C
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town
C F Dm C Dm
Oh Ruby........don't take your love to town,
C Dm C
For God's sakes turn around, don't take your love to town
CHORDS marked (*): Play barre chords, mute.
