Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town

Mel Tillis

Key of G · Chords: I IV V ii

Verse 1

G                                          C                  D7
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
G                          C         D7
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
    C                                            D7
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
   G      C               D7      G
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town

Verse 2

   Am                              C           G
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
    Am                          C         D7
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
      C                                             D7
And I know girl that I'm not the man that I used to be
    G      C                 G D7
But Ru--by I still need some comp-any

Verse 3

                                       C        D7
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
        G                                       C      D7
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
       C                                               D7
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
   G      C               D7      G
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town

Verse 4

                                         C               D7
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
    G                                 C             D7
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
         C                                            D7
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
   G      C                    D7 G
Oh Ru--by don't take your love to town
     C                   G
Ruby for God sake's turn around
      C              D7 G
Don't take your love to town