Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (Maggie) - Kenny Rogers Intro: [C] [C] [C] [C*] Verse 1: [NC]You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted [G] hair (8 beats) [Dm] (4 beats) [C] Ruby are you contemplating [F] going out some [G7] where (8 beats) The [Dm] shadow on the wall tells me the [G7] sun is going down [Dm] (8 beats) Oh [C] Ru (4 beats) [F] ..by (2 beats) [Am] ..y (2 beats) [Dm] y (2 beats) [Dm*] [NC] Don't take your love to [C] town (8 beats) Verse 2: It [Dm] wasn't me that started that old [C] crazy Asian war (6 beats) But [Dm] I was proud to go and do my [F] patriotic [G7] chore (8 beats) And [Dm] yes, it's true that I'm not the [G7] man I used to be [Dm] (8 beats) Oh [C] Ru (4 beats) [F] ..by (2 beats) [Am] ..y (2 beats) [Dm] y (2 beats) [Dm*] [NC] I still need some compa[C]ny (8 beats) Verse 3: It's [C] hard to love a man whose legs are [F] bent and para[G7] lyzed (8 beats) [Dm] (4 beats) and the [C] wants and the needs of a woman of your age [F] Ruby, I rea[G7] lise (8 beats) But it [Dm] won't be long I've heard them say un[G7] til I'm not around [Dm] (8 beats) Oh [C] Ru (4 beats) [F] ..by (2 beats) [Am] ..y (2 beats) [Dm] y (2 beats) [Dm*] [NC] Don't take your love to [C] town ( 8 beats) Verse 4: [Acapella] She's [C] leaving now 'cause I just heard the [F] slammin' of the [G7] door (8 beats) (4 beats) The [C] way I know I've heard it slam one [F] hundred times be [G7] fore [Playing] And if [Dm] I could move I'd get my gun and [G] put her in the ground [Dm] Oh [C] Ru (4 beats) [F] ..by (2 beats) [Am] ..y (2 beats) [Dm] y (2 beats) [Dm*] Don't take your love to [C] town (8 beats) Outro: Oh [C] Ru (4 beats) [F] ..by (2 beats) [Am] ..y (2 beats) [Dm] y (2 beats) [Dm*] [NC] (Spoken) For God's sake turn a [C] round 2..3..4..5..6.. [C*]