Key: E major
Intro 1
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Bm
D
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Verse 1
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She
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danced in the dirty streets
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Satin shoes tied to her feet
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People 'round here said
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she was a sight
Verse 2
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Every night when the sun went down
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She'd curtsey and take a bow
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To the man in the moon
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D
and the dim street lights
Verse 3
E
We held in high regard
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The rose in the mission yard
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Singing, "Buffalo Gals won't you
come out tonight"
Verse 4
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And her name was Ruby Brown
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And she came through shanty town
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Like a queen without a crown
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And her name was Ruby
Brown
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Verse 5
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Long about ten years ago
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She disappeared, why no one knows
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But some say she was
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running for her life
Verse 6
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'Cause a mean looking
man in a limousine
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Came down from New Orleans
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He said he came here looking for his wife
Verse 7
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And her name was Ruby Brown
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And she came through shanty town
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Like a queen without a crown
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Bm
And her name was Ruby
Interlude 1
Brown
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Verse 8
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Some say he beat her bad
'Til she just went plain mad
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But I say she went where he
Verse 9
could never go
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And her name was Ruby Brown
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And she came through shanty town
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Like a queen without a crown
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And her name was Ruby Brown
Outro 1
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