{"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":2468132,"song":"Ruby Jewel Was Here","artist":"Allison Moorer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11504081-ruby-jewel-was-here-chords-by-allison-moorer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2468132?type=chord","rating":0.15979,"votes":0,"content":"ALLISON MOORER - RUBY JEWEL WAS HERE\r\n\r\nalbum version - MISS FORTUNE\r\n____________________________________\r\n____________________________________\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIn Nineteen and Double-Aught a harlot who was hot to trot[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nGave a fine little bijoux to the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWith a blacksmith for a makeshift doc in a cathouse far from Camelot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHer goldmine brought to bear a baby girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen the child screamed from life's first slap[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe boss said \"Kid get used to that[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYou'll never meet a day that isn't cruel\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd she wrapped her babe in a petticoat, grabbed a bottle and made a toast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHere's to my gorgeous bastard, Ruby Jewel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the piano played a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nExcept Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNo not Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nReared among the guttersnipeswhile her mama puffed a Chinese pipe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe salad days for Ruby didn't last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nForced to work and pay her dues inside that poor man's Moulin Rouge[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nA snot-nosed kid had to grow up fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNight and day she toiled and sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhile brothel patrons placed their bets[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOn who would be the first to break her in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThen one night the madam screams \"Ruby, get to room thirteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThere's someone there who thinks you're quite a gem\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the piano played a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nExcept Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNo not Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIn done-up hair and a borrowed dress she climbed the stairs scared to death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nSaid a prayer and tiptoed through the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut on deaf ears her prayer fell 'cause through a tear she stared at hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nStanding there in nothing but his drawers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe recognized the whiskered chin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBloodshot eyes and foul-mouthed grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who wore the silver star[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nShe tried to turn around and run, but he pulled out his big six gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd said \"Hon you won't get very far\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the piano played a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nExcept Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNo not Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel woke up in bed a crimson pool between her legs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F7[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNaked as the day that she was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut lying there next to him made her wish she hadn't been[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIf this was all that living had in store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMaking sure he was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe quietly got to her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFound his gun and aimed it between his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nShe kept it there til he came to so he could stare down the barrel too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F7[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nPulled the trigger once and watched him die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the piano played a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nExcept Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNo not Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOn a rainy night in 1912 locked inside the town's new jail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby carved a message in the stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWhen morning came hacks lead her out in ankle chains right through the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWho waited in the mud to watch the show[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThey walked her up the gallows steps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd put the rope around her neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDropped the trap as all the watchers cheered[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut on the wall of a cell in a tiny scrawl and misspelled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWere the words \"Ruby Jewel Was Here\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the piano played a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nExcept Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNo not Ruby (Ruby)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRuby Jewel[/tab]","plain_text":"ALLISON MOORER - RUBY JEWEL WAS HERE\n\nalbum version - MISS FORTUNE\n____________________________________\n____________________________________\n\n[INTRO]\nC7 F7 G7 F7\nC7\n\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["C7","F7","G7","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}