Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
by Neville Court
V1. Intro Notes - A3-G5-D5-G5-D5  A3-G5-D5-G5-D5 Repeat Twice
       C (x32010@1)                                F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)   DmYou've (xx0231@1)painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)                
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
    F (133211@1)                             C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    DmThe (xx0231@1)Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down -
   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)Oh Ru---by
      Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)     CDon't (x32010@1)Take your love to town

V2 
    C (x32010@1)                               F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)      DmIts (xx0231@1)hard to love a man whose legs are bent and para-lysed
        C (x32010@1)                                           F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)  DmAnd (xx0231@1)the wants and the needs of a woman your age, well Ruby I rea-lize
       F (133211@1)                                  C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)   DmBut (xx0231@1)it won't be long i've heard them say un-til I not around

  C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)Oh Ru---by
      Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)     CDon't (x32010@1)Take your love to town

V3.
   Dm (xx0231@1)                            CIt (x32010@1)wasn't me that started that old crazy asian war
    Dm (xx0231@1)                        F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)    DmBut (xx0231@1)I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
    F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   
And yes, it's true I'm not the man that I used to be...
   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)Oh Ru---by
        Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)   CI (x32010@1)still need some compa-ny.


V4. -- pm= Palm Mute
      C-pm    C-pm       C-pm  C-pm      F-pm           G-pm
She's leavin' now 'cause I justheard the slammin'of the door
    C-pm  C-pm      C-pm     C-pm     F-pm          G-pm
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
       Dm (xx0231@1)                            C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)     DmAnd (xx0231@1)if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)Oh Ru---by
    Dm (xx0231@1)       F (133211@1)    CFor (x32010@1)God's sake turn a-round!