G                                          C                  D7 
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair 
G                          C             D7 
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere 
    C                               D7 
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 
   G   C                  D7      G 
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town 

   Am                              C           G 
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war 
    Am                          C         D7 
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores 
    C                            D7 
And I know girl that I'm not the man that I used to be 
    G   C                    D7   G 
But Ru--by I still need some comp-any 

                                       C            D7 
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed 
        G                                       C         D7 
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize 
       C                                   D7 
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around 
   G   C                  D7      G 
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town 

                                         C               D7 
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door 
    G                                 C               D7 
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before 
       C                               D7 
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground 
   G   C                  D7      G 
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town 
     C                    G 
Ruby for God sake's turn around 
      C         D7      G 
Don't take your love to town