Bobby Bare – Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town (Guitar)
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As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1969 Album (MARGIE'S AT) THE LINCOLN PARK INN AND
OTHER CONTROVERSIAL COUNTRY SONGS)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C F C You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair F G Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere F G The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is goin' down C F G C F G Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
[Verse 2]
C F G7 It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized C F G And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize F G But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around C F G C Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
[Bridge]
Dm F C For it wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war Dm F G But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores F G C F G C D Oh I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to be but Ruby I still need your company
[Verse 3]
D G A And she's leaving now cause I've just heard the slamming of the door D G A The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before G A If I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground D G A D G Oh Ruby don't take your love to town A D Don't take your love to town