{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2350607,"song":"Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town","artist":"Mel Tillis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11486612-ruby-dont-take-your-love-to-town-chords-by-mel-tillis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2350607?type=chord","rating":4.57569,"votes":14,"content":"\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nRuby are you contemplating going out somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Ru--by don't take your love to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I know girl that I'm not the man that I used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Ru--by I still need some comp-any[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Ru--by don't take your love to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Ru--by don't take your love to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRuby for God sake's turn around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't take your love to town[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","C","D7","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}