Ruby (It's You)

Words & Music by Mitchell Parish & Heinz Roemheld, 1952
Recorded by Ray Charles, 1960
From the movie "Ruby Gentry"


A7+5  D6   DM7         Fdim    C(7)
They say, Ruby, you're like a dream,

 A7        F#m7      DM7    Bm  
Not always what you seem;

       Bm7              GM7     G6     Gm+7    Gm6
And though my heart may break when I awake,

          D+   D      Em7-5  A7   A7+5   D   Gdim    A7 
Let it be so,  I only know, Ruby, it's  you.



A7+5  D    DM7          Fdim  C(7)
They say, Ruby, you're like a song,

 A7             F#m7      DM7    Bm 
You don't know right from wrong.

     Bm7           GM7  G6            Gm+7    Gm6
And in your eyes I see heartbreak for me;

               D+    D           Em7-5   A7    A7+5  D 
But from the start, who stole my heart?  Ruby, it's you.



Bridge:

    Gm               A7+5     D
I hear your voice and I must come to you

   Gm                  A7+5        A7    Em7-5    A7
I have no choice--what else can I do?


A7+5  D    DM7                 Fdim    C(7) 
They say, Ruby, you're like a flame;

 A7     F#m7      DM7    Bm
Into my life you came.

      Bm7             GM7    G6            Gm+7    Gm6
And though I should beware, still, I don't care.

              D+  D     Em7-5    A7  Gm7-5  D   Gm7   Em7-5   A7    D
You thrill me so, I only know, Ruby,  it's you.



 
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