The Drifters – Ruby Baby (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Ruby Baby
Artist: The Drifters
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: Q=120
Capo: 2, for easier picking and higher pitch
Play a steady bass line in the quarters with your right-hand thumb
and play melody notes in the treble. Mind the syncopations. Use just light bends.
[Verse]
E E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------|-3b------2-------0---------------|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------1-------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------2-------2---| A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3b------2-------0---------------|-0-------2-------0-------2---3---|-----2-------0---------------0---| G|-------------------------1-------|---------------------------------|---------------------2-----------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-----------|---------------------------------| A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| Ru- by, ba- by! I've got a girl and Ruby is her name. Ru- by, ba- by! Each time I see you, baby, my heart cries. Ru- by, ba- by! I've got a girl and Ruby is her name. E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------|-3b------2-------0---------------|-0-------2-------0-------2---3---| G|-1-------------------------------|-------------------------1-------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-----------| A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) She don't love me but I (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) I'm a-gonna steal you away (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) I'd give the world just to set E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----2-------0---------------0---|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------|-3b------2-------0---------------| G|---------------------2-----------|-1-------------------------------|-------------------------1-------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---| A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| love her just the same. (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) from all those guys. (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) her heart a- flame. (Ru- by, Ru- by, Ru- by, ba- by) A E E|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------|-----3b------2--p0---------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------|-----0-------2--p0-------2-------| G|---------------------2-------2---|---------------------2-------2---|---------------------------------| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------------------2-------2---| A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|---------2---------------2-------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------| Oh, Ruby, Ruby, I want you, like a ghost I'm Oh, from the first day, that I met you, I made a bet that Oh, some lovin', money too, gonna give it B7 E|---------------------------------|-----2-------2---2-------2-------|-2b------0-----------------------| B|-----3b------2--p0---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------4-------2-------| G|-------------------------1-------|---------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---| D|---------------------2-------2---|---------1-----------------------|---------1-----------------------| A|---------2---------------2-------|-2---------------2-------2-------|-2---------------2-------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a- gonna haunt you. Ruby, Ruby, when will you be I would get you. Ruby, Ruby, when will you be all to you. Ruby, Ruby, when will you be E E|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------| B|-0-------------------------------|-------------0-------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---| A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| mine? Sometime. mine? mine?
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| b Bend, use just light bends
| p Pull-off
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