Intro -x4-: C0 F1 G2 0 1Verse: C3 F4 G5 2 Stop your messin' around, C6 F7 G8 3 Better think of your future. C9 F10 G11 C12 F13 G14 4 Time you straightened right out, creatin' problems in town. 5 6Chorus: C15 F16 G17 C18 F19 G20 7Ru-dy, a message to you, Ru-dy; a message to you. 8 Interlude -x2-: C21 F22 G23 9 10Verse: C24 F25 G26 11 Stop your foolin' around, C27 F28 G29 12 Time you straightened right out. C30 F31 G32 C33 F34 G35 13 Better think of your future, or else you'll wind up in jail. 14 15Chorus: C36 F37 G38 C39 F40 G41 16Ru-dy, a message to you, Ru-dy; a message to you. 17 Solo -x4-: C42 F43 G44 18 19Verse: C45 F46 G47 20 Stop your messin' around, C48 F49 G50 21 Better think of your future. C51 F52 G53 C54 F55 G56 22 Time you straightened right out, creatin' problems in town. 23 24Chorus: C57 F58 G59 C60 F61 G62 25Ru-dy, a message to you, Ru-dy; a message to you. 26 27Verse: C63 F64 G65 28 Stop your messin' around, C66 F67 G68 29 Better think of your future. C69 F70 G71 C72 F73 G74 30 Time you straightened right out, creatin' problems in town. 31 32Chorus -repeat and fade-: C75 F76 G77 C78 33Ru-dy, a message to you, Ru-dy; F79 G80 C81 34a message to you, Ru-dy...