C                                  F                  G     Dm
You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
C                          F             G      Dm                  
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
    F                               C            G      Dm
The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down -
   C    F 
Oh Ru---by
      Dm        F       C
Don't Take your love to town

V2 
    C                                 F             G        Dm
Its hard to love a man whose legs are bent and para-lysed
        C                                             F          G    Dm
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, well Ruby I rea-lize
       F                                    C          G     Dm
But it won't be long i've heard them say un-til I not around

  C    F 
Oh Ru---by
      Dm        F       C
Don't Take your love to town

V3.
   Dm                              C
It wasn't me that started that old crazy asian war
    Dm                          F         G      Dm
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
    F                              C              G    Dm     
And yes, it's true I'm not the man that I used to be...
   C    F 
Oh Ru---by
        Dm        F     C
I 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                              C              G       Dm
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

   C    F 
Oh Ru---by
    Dm         F      C
For God's sake turn a-round!