Chords for Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[N] _ _ It's all up in the air
_ _ The _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] VR you've got [F] controls all [G] night and day
The _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going _ down _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] Oh, _ [F] don't _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] take your love the time
[F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] It wasn't me that started that [C] whole crazy Asian war
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
I was proud to go and do my [F] patriotic [G] chore
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Yes, it's true that I'm [G] not the man I used to _ be
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] I _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] still [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] need some [C] company
[F]
It's _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [C] hard to love a man who's [F] legs are [G] _ paralyzed
And _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] the wants and the needs of a woman [F] your age would be [G] a real life
_ _ _ _ _ But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Oh, don't [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] take your love _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] She's leaving now, cause I just heard [Em] the slamming of the door
The _ _ _ way I know I've heard it slammed a hundred times [F] before _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] And if I could move, I'd get my [G] gun and put her in the ground _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] Oh, _ don't [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] take your love
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G]
God's sakes turn around _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Ruby is a moving song about a wheelchair-bound veteran's plea to his unfaithful lover.
It struck an emotional chord with Americans on both sides of the Vietnam War debate.
In August 1969, it reached number 7 on the Cashbox 100 singles chart.
This show aired on March 2, _ 1972.
That same week, Pioneer 10 launched on its mission to Jupiter. _
In 1972, gas cost 36 cents a gallon, and TV fans tuned in to MASH for the first time.
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