Ravishing Ruby
written and recorded by Tom T. Hall
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Ravishing Ruby she's been a-round for a while
G7 C
Ravishing Ruby she was a truck stop child
F
Born in the back of a rig somewhere near L.A.
C G7 C
Ravishing Ruby you poured a lot of hot coffee in your day
G7 C
Ravishing Ruby believe anything you say
G7 C
Just like her daddy said said he'd be back some day
F
She was just fourteen she grew up wild and free
C G7
And all the time she'd been waiting on him
C
She'd been waiting on you and me
F C
Ravishing Ruby she sleeps in a bunk out back
G7
Her days and nights are filled with dreams
C
Of a man named Smiling Jack
F C
That was her daddy's name and that's all she ever knew
G7 C
Ravishing Ruby ain't got time for guys like me and you
G7 C
Ravishing Ruby a beautiful young girl now
G7 C
Ravishing Ruby she made a solemn vow
F
Waiting on Smiling Jack he'll come rolling by
C G7
And she wants to see him she wants to touch him
C
Either way dead or alive
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