RUBY, DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Mel Tillis Kenny Rogers
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You've ||: paint ed up your | lips and rolled and | curled your tint ed |
||: hard to love a | man whose legs are | bent and pa ra |
||: leav ing now cause | I just heard the | slam ming of the |
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| hair rr rr rr.| rr rr rr / | Ru by are you | con tem plat ing |
| lysed dd dd dd.| dd dd dd and^the | wants and^the needs of^a | wo man your age |
| door rr rr rr.| rr rr rr The | way I know Ive | heard it slam one |
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| go ing out some | where ee ee ee.| ee ee ee The | shad ow on the |
| Ruby I re a | lize ee ee ee.| ee ee ee But^it | wont be long Ive |
| hun dred times be | fore ee ee ee.| ee ee ee And^if | I could move I’d |
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| wall tells me the | sun is go ing | down nn nn nn.| nn nn nn Oh |
| heard them say un | til Im not a | round dd dd dd.| dd dd dd Oh |
| get my gun and | put her in the | ground dd dd dd.| dd dd dd Oh |
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| Ru uu uu uu.| uu uu uu uu | by yy yy yy.| yy yy yy Dont | take your love e^to |
| Ru uu uu uu.| uu uu uu uu | by yy yy yy.| yy yy yy Dont | take your love e^to |
| Ru uu uu uu.| uu uu uu uu | by yy yy yy.| yy yy yy Dont | take your love e^to |
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1. | town nn nn nn.| nn nn / It | was n’t me that | start ed that old | cra zy A sian |
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| war rr rr rr.| rr rr rr But | I was proud to | go and do my | pa tr iot ic |
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| chore ee ee ee.| ee ee ee / | And yes its true | that Im not the | man I used to |
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| be ee ee ee.| ee ee ee Oh | Ru uu uu uu.| uu uu uu uu | by yy yy yy.| yy yy I still |
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| need some com pa | ny yy yy yy.| yy yy / Its :||
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2. | town nn nn nn.| nn nn / Shes :||
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3. | town nn nn nn.| nn nn nn Oh | Ru uu uu uu.| uu uu uu uu | by yy yy yy.|
n.c. muffled strumming fades
| yy yy yy For | gods sake turn a | round dd dd dd | //// | //// | //// ||
About this song:
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town is performed by Kenny Rogers and written by Mel Tillis.
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