Intro
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[VERSE 1]
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In Nineteen and Double-Aught a harlot who was hot to trot
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Gave a fine little bijoux to the world
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With a blacksmith for a makeshift doc in a cathouse far from Camelot
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Her goldmine brought to bear a baby girl
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When the child screamed from life's first slap
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The boss said "Kid get used to that
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You'll never meet a day that isn't cruel"
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And she wrapped her babe in a petticoat, grabbed a bottle and made a toast
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Here's to my gorgeous bastard, Ruby Jewel
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And the man at the piano played a tune
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And everybody sang and danced in the saloon
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Except Ruby (Ruby)
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No not Ruby (Ruby)
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Ruby Jewel
[VERSE 2]
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Reared among the guttersnipeswhile her mama puffed a Chinese pipe
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The salad days for Ruby didn't last
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Forced to work and pay her dues inside that poor man's Moulin Rouge
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G snot-nosed kid had to grow up fast
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Night and day she toiled and sweat
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While brothel patrons placed their bets
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On who would be the first to break her in
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Then one night the madam screams "Ruby, get to room thirteen
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There's someone there who thinks you're quite a gem"
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And the man at the piano played a tune
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And everybody sang and danced in the saloon
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Except Ruby (Ruby)
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No not Ruby (Ruby)
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Ruby Jewel
[VERSE 3]
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In done-up hair and a borrowed dress she climbed the stairs scared to death
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Said a prayer and tiptoed through the door
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But on deaf ears her prayer fell 'cause through a tear she stared at hell
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Standing there in nothing but his drawers
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She recognized the whiskered chin
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Bloodshot eyes and foul-mouthed grin
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He was the man who wore the silver star
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She tried to turn around and run, but he pulled out his big six gun
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And said "Hon you won't get very far"
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And the man at the piano played a tune
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And everybody sang and danced in the saloon
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Except Ruby (Ruby)
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No not Ruby (Ruby)
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Ruby Jewel
[VERSE 4]
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Ruby Jewel woke up in bed a crimson pool between her legs
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Naked as the day that she was born
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But lying there next to him made her wish she hadn't been
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If this was all that living had in store
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Making sure he was asleep
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She quietly got to her feet
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Found his gun and aimed it between his eyes
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She kept it there til he came to so he could stare down the barrel too
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Pulled the trigger once and watched him die
[CHORUS]
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And the man at the piano played a tune
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And everybody sang and danced in the saloon
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Except Ruby (Ruby)
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No not Ruby (Ruby)
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Ruby Jewel
[VERSE 5]
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On a rainy night in 1912 locked inside the town's new jail
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Ruby carved a message in the stone
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When morning came hacks lead her out in ankle chains right through the crowd
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Who waited in the mud to watch the show
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They walked her up the gallows steps
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And put the rope around her neck
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Dropped the trap as all the watchers cheered
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But on the wall of a cell in a tiny scrawl and misspelled
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Were the words "Ruby Jewel Was Here"
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And the man at the piano played a tune
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And everybody sang and danced in the saloon
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Except Ruby (Ruby)
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No not Ruby (Ruby)
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Ruby Jewel
- 1. Chord Gitar Allison Moorer - Ruby Jewel Was Here Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Allison Moorer - Ruby Jewel Was Here Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan