N.C. G# D#m
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
C# F# G#
Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere?
D#m G# D#m
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
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Oh Ruby ... don't take your love to town
D#m C#
It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war
D#m F# G#
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
D#m G#
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be
D#m C# F# F D#m N.C#. C
Oh Ruby... I still need some company
C# F# G# D#m
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
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And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
D#m G#
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around
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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
D#m G# D#m
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
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Oh Ruby... don't take your love to town
F# F D#m N.C.
Oh Ruby...for God's sake, turn around
Turn around
(Get back in here! You're not single anymore! Where the fuck do you think you're going?!?)