Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town

C                           F    
Ruby, are you contemplating going
         G
 out somewhere?

    Dm                             
The shadow on the wall tells me the
 G                 Dm
 sun is going down

      C F E Dm N.C.                 
   C
Oh Ruby ...    don't take your love 
to town

   Dm                             
It wasn't me who started that old 
C
crazy Asian war

    Dm                         
But I was proud to go and do my 
 F         G
patriotic chore

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    Dm                             
And yes, it's true that I'm not the
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 man I used to be

Dm C F E Dm N.C.                   C
Oh Ruby...  I still need some 
company

     C                             
It's hard to love a man whose legs 
    F             G   Dm
are bent and paralyzed

        C                          
And the wants and needs of a woman 
          F         G
your age, Ruby I realize

Dm                             
But it won't be long, I've heard 
              G
them say, until I'm not around

F C F E Dm N.C.                    C
Oh Ruby... don't take your love to 
town

N.C.
And she's leaving now cause I just 
heard the slamming of the door

N.C.
The way I know I've heard it slam 
one hundred times before

      Dm                           
And if I could move I'd get my gun 
    G                     Dm
and put her in the ground