You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted
G7
hair
Dm
C
Ruby, are you contemplating
F
going out some
G7
where?
The
F
shadow on the wall tell me the
G7
sun is going down
Dm
Don't take your love to
C
town
For it
Dm
wasn't me that started that old
C
crazy Asian war
But
Dm
I was proud to go and do my
F
patriotic
G7
chore
And
F
yes, it's true that I'm not the
G7
man I used to be
Dm
I still need some compa
C
ny
It's
C
hard to love a man whose legs are
F
bent and para
G7
lyzed
Dm
And the
C
wants and needs of a woman your age,
F
Ruby, I rea
G7
lize
But it
F
won't be long, I've heard them say, un
G7
til I'm not around
Dm
Don't take your love to
C
town
She's leaving now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I heard its slams one hundred times before
And if
F
I could move, I'd get my gun and
G7
put her in the ground
Dm
Don't take your love to
C
town
For God's sake, turn around
