Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1969 Album (MARGIE'S AT) THE LINCOLN PARK INN AND
OTHER CONTROVERSIAL COUNTRY SONGS)
[Intro]
C
[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
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