The Drifters – Ruby Baby (Guitar)

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#10 on BB Hot 100 and R&B on ATLANTIC Records in 1956. INTRO:
G           C     G     G           C     G
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby..Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby.
#1.
G          D     G        C    D      G
Well, I've got a girl and Ruby is her name.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

G              D        G    C   D        G
She don't love me but I love her just the same.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

    C                       G
Oh, Ruby, Ruby, I want you, like a ghost I'm-a 
gonna haunt you.
D           C         D      G
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)
#2.
G                 D        G     C        G
Well, each time I see you, baby, my heart cries.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

G                 D         G         C         G
Well, I'm a-gonna steal you away from all those guys.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

    C                               G
Oh, from the sunny day I met you, I made a bet that 
I would get you.
D           C         D      G
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)
INTERLUDE: G Em7 G F G C G D G #3.
G          D        G    C      G
I've got a girl and Ruby is her name.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

G            D             G       C      G
I'd give the world just to set her heart aflame.

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

    C                           G
Oh, got some lovin', money too, gonna give it all 
to you.
D           C         D      G
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)
OUTRO:
D           C         D      G
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)

D           C         D      G
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

 G           C     G
(Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.