Ruby Baby Chords by The Drifters

Ruby Baby chords by The Drifters

Guitar chords with lyrics

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

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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.)




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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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