Tuning:

1. You've ^Cpainted up your lips and rolled and ^Fcurled your tinted ^G7hair.^Dm ^CRuby are you contemplating ^Fgoing out some^G7where? The ^Dmshadows on the wall tell me the ^G7sun is going down.^Dm C F C/E Dm tacet C Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

For it ^Dmwasn't me that started that old ^Ccrazy Asian war. But ^DmI was proud to go and do my ^Fpatriotic ^G7chores. And ^Dmyes it's true, that I'm not the ^G7man I used to be.^Dm C F C/E Dm tacet C Oh, Ruby, I still need some company.

2. It's ^Chard to love a man whose legs are ^Fbent and para^G7lized.^Dm And the ^Cwants and the needs of a woman your age, ^FRuby, I rea^G7lize. But it ^Dmwon't be long I heard them say un^G7til I'm not around. ^Dm C F C/E Dm tacet C Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

3. She's ^Cleaving now cause I just heard the ^Fslamming of a ^G7door. ^Dm The ^Cway I know I've heard it slam one ^Fhundred times be^G7fore. And if ^DmI could move I'd get my gun and ^G7put her in the ground.^Dm C F C/E Dm tacet C Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. C F C/E Dm tacet Oh Ruby, for God's sake turn around.

Kenny Rogers - Ruby dont take your love to town