VERSE 1. You've ^Dpainted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted ^A7hair.^{Em D}Ruby are you contemplating ^Dgoing out ^A7somewhere? The ^EmShadow on the wall tells me the ^A7sun is going down ^Em Oh R^Duby^{G G/F# Em}(stop) Don't Take your love to ^Dtown VERSE 2.(jako 1) It`s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize, But it won't be long i've heard them say until I not around Oh Ruby Don't Take your love to town VERSE 3. It ^Emwasn't me that started that old ^Dcrazy Asian war But ^EmI was proud to go and do my ^Gpatriotic ^A7chore And ^Emyes, it's true that I'm not the ^A7man I used to be^Em Oh R^Duby^{G G/F# Em}(stop) I still need some compa^Dny. VERSE 4. (jako 1) She's leavin' now 'cause I heard the slammin' of the door The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground Oh Ruby For god's sake turn around!