Тональность: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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the boys were all plannin' for a fall
The cabaret was quiet
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except for the drillin' in the wall
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The curfew had been lifted
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and the gamblin' wheel shut down
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Anyone with any sense
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lookin' like the Jack of Hearts
Verse 2
Then everyone commenced to do
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Then he walked up to a stranger
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and he asked him with a grin
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"Could you kindly tell me, friend,
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face down like the Jack of Hearts
Verse 3
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five-card stud by the stairs
Lily had two queens,
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she was hopin' for a third to match her pair
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Outside the streets were fillin' up,
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the window was open wide
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A gentle breeze was blowin',
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and drew up the Jack of Hearts
Verse 4
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he owned the town's only diamond mine
He made his usual entrance
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lookin' so dandy and so fine
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With his bodyguards and silver cane
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and every hair in place
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He took whatever he wanted to
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were no match for the Jack of Hearts
Verse 5
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took a carriage into town
She slipped in through the side door
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lookin' like a queen without a crown
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She fluttered her false eyelashes
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and whispered in his ear
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"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late,"
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over at the Jack of Hearts
Verse 6
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"I know I've seen that face somewhere,"
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Big Jim was thinkin' to himself
"Maybe down in Mexico
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or a picture up on somebody's shelf"
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But then the crowd began to stamp their feet
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and the house lights did dim
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And in the darkness of the room
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who just drew the Jack of Hearts
Verse 7
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she was fair-skinned and precious as a child
She did whatever she had to do,
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She'd come away from a broken home,
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had lots of strange affairs
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With men in every walk of life
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quite like the Jack of Hearts
Verse 8
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unnoticed and was being wined and dined
The drillin' in the wall kept up
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but no one seemed to pay it any mind
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It was known all around that Lily
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had Jim's ring
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And nothing would ever come between
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except maybe the Jack of Hearts
Verse 9
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and seein' her reflection in the knife
She was tired of the attention,
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tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife
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She had done a lot of bad things,
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even once tried suicide
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Was lookin' to do just one good deed
before she died
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riding on the Jack of Hearts
Verse 10
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and buried it away
"Has your luck run out?"
she laughed at him
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Be careful not to touch the wall,
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there's a brand-new coat of paint
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I'm glad to see you're still alive,
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were comin' for the Jack of Hearts
Verse 11
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The backstage manager was pacing
"There's something funny going on,"
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He went to get the hangin' judge,
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but the hangin' judge was drunk
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As the leading actor hurried by
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better than the Jack of Hearts
Verse 12
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but they say that it happened pretty quick
The door to the dressing room
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burst open and a cold revolver clicked
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And Big Jim was standin' there,
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ya couldn't say surprised
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Rosemary right beside him,
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but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts
Verse 13
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the boys finally made it through the wall
And cleaned out the bank safe,
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In the darkness by the riverbed
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they waited on the ground
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For one more member
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without the Jack of Hearts
Verse 14
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the sky was overcast and black
Big Jim lay covered up,
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killed by a penknife in the back
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And Rosemary on the gallows,
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she didn't even blink
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The hangin' judge was sober,
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missin' was the Jack of Hearts
Verse 15
Lily had already taken
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all of the dye out of her hair
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She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who
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she very rarely saw
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Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary
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she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts
Outro 1
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[Fade out]
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