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]
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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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