( C0 ) ( F1 ) G2 Dm3 0You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair C4 F5 G6 1Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere? Dm7 G8 Dm9 2The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down C10 F11 Em12 Dm13 C14 3Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 4 Dm15 C16 5It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war Dm17 F18 G19 6But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore Dm20 G21 Dm22 7And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be C23 F24 Em25 Dm26 C27 8Oh Ruby, I still need some company 9 10It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed 11And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize 12But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around 13Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 14 15And she's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door 16The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before 17And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground 18Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 19 C28 F29 Em30 Dm31 20Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around 21 22