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Ruby Baby:The Drifters.
#10 on BB Hot 100 and R&B on ATLANTIC 
Records in 1956.
INTRO: 
GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby..GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby.
#1.
GWell, I've Dgot a Ggirl and CRuby Dis her Gname.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
GShe don't love Dme but I Glove Cher Djust the Gsame.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
Oh, CRuby, Ruby, I want you, Glike a ghost I'm-a 
gonna haunt you.
DRuby, Ruby, Cwhen will Dyou be Gmine?
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
#2.
GWell, each time I Dsee you, Gbaby, Cmy heart Gcries.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
GWell, I'm a-gonna Dsteal you Gaway from Call those Gguys.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
Oh, Cfrom the sunny day I met you, I Gmade a bet that 
I would get you.
DRuby, Ruby, Cwhen will Dyou be Gmine?
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
INTERLUDE:  G   Em7   G   F   G   C   G   D  G  
#3.
GI've got a Dgirl and GRuby Cis her Gname.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
GI'd give the Dworld just to Gset her Cheart aGflame.
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
Oh, Cgot some lovin', money too, Ggonna give it all 
to you.
DRuby, Ruby, Cwhen will Dyou be Gmine?
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
OUTRO:
DRuby, Ruby, Cwhen will Dyou be Gmine?
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)
DRuby, Ruby, Cwhen will Dyou be Gmine?
(GRuby, Ruby, CRuby, Gbaby)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Ruby Baby

by The Drifters

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Em7

Ruby Baby:The Drifters.

#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)

G Em7 G F G C G D G

INTERLUDE:

#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.

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