| C | C | | | F | G | | | C | C | | | F | G | 𝄇 |
| C | F | G | |
| Stop your messin’ around, |
| C | F | G | |
| Better think of your future. |
| C | |
| Time you straightened right out, |
| F | G | C | F | G | ||
| creatin’ | prob | lems in | town. |
| C | F | G | C | F | G | ||||||
| Ru | dy, | a | mes | sage to | you, | Ru | dy; | a | mes | sage to | you. |
| C | C | | | F | G | 𝄇 |
| C | F | G | |
| Stop your foolin’ around, |
| C | F | G | |
| Time you straightened right out. |
| C | |
| Better think of your future, |
| F | G | C | F | G | ||
| or else you’ll | wind | up in | jail. |
| C | F | G | C | F | G | ||||||
| Ru | dy, | a | mes | sage to | you, | Ru | dy; | a | mes | sage to | you. |
| C | C | | | F | G | | | C | C | | | F | G | 𝄇 |
| C | F | G | C | F | G | ||||||
| Ru | dy, | a | mes | sage to | you, | Ru | dy; | a | mes | sage to | you. |
| C | F | G | |||
| Ru | dy, | a | mes | sage to | you, |
| C | F | G | |||||
| Ru | dy; | a | mes | sage to | you. | 𝄇 | × \infty |