(drums in - Am and Em play the low third after playing chord to simulate riff 022 322) Am-----Em-----Dsus4-D Am-----Em-----D--D/C--D/B--D/A Am-----Em-----Dsus4-D Am-----Em-----D--D/C--D/B--D/A --D/G--D/F#--D/E--D
[Verse 1] Let it [Am] never be said, the [Em] romance is dead Cause there's [Bm] so little else, occu [D] pying my head There is [Am] nothing I need, except th [Em] e function to breathe But I'm [Bm] not really fussed, doesn't [D] matter to me (stop)
[Chorus - Add chorus riff] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am] Ruby [Em][D] I'd do ya, do ya, do ya, [Am] do ya [Em][D] The way you do it, do it [Am] to me [Em][D] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am][Em][D]
[Verse 2] Due to [Am] lack of interest, to [Em] morrow is cancelled Let the [Bm] clock's be reset, and the [D] pendulum's held Cause there' [Am] s nothing I'm told, except [Em] the space in between Finding [Bm] out what you're called, and re [D] peating your name (stop)
[Chorus - Add chorus riff] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am] Ruby [Em][D] I'd do ya, do ya, do ya, [Am] do ya [Em][D] The way you do it, do it [Am] to me [Em][D] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am][Em][D][D#] (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Em] Could it be, could it be, that you're [C] joking with me And you [Am] don't really don't see, you and [D] me [D#] [Em] Could it be, could it be, that you're [C] joking with me And you [Am] don't really don't see, you and [D] me [D#]
[Solo] [Em][C][Am] ([D][D#]) x 2
[Vamp] Em (stop)
[Chorus - Add chorus riff] x2 Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am] Ruby [Em][D] I'd do ya, do ya, do ya, [Am] do ya [Em][D] The way you do it, do it [Am] to me [Em][D] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, [Am] Ruby [Em][D] I'd do ya, do ya, do ya, [Am] do ya [Em][D] The way you do it, do it [Am] to me [Em][D]
[Outro] [D][D#][Em]
[Notes] [Chorus riff - Em - fret low B and high F# with fingers 1 and 2 to allow to play figure] ---Am--Em-------D E -0-3--2-3-2---2 B -1----0-------3 G -2----0-------2 D -2----x-------0 A -0----2--------- E -x----0---------
[Intro - BPM 123 - Just bass drum - J - Capo 2 - Em] [Dm][Gm][Bb][A] (run - A - 0 E - 3 1 0]
[Verse 1] [Dm] He left no time to re- [Gm] gret, Kept his dick [Bb] wet, with his same old safe [A] bet. [Dm] Me... and my head [Gm] high, And my tears [Bb] dry; get on without [A] my guy.
[Verse 2] [Dm] You went back to what you [Gm] knew, So far [Bb] removed, from all that we went [A] through. And [Dm] I... tread a troubled [Gm] track, My odds are [Bb] stacked; I'll go back [A] to black. (run - A - 0 E - 3 1 0]
[Chorus 1 - Light snare] [Dm] We only said goodbye with [Gm] words; I died a hundred times. [Bb] You go back to her and [A] I go back to... [N.C.] I go back to us [Dm] .
[Verse 3 - Higher harmonies here] [Dm] I love you [Gm] much, It's not e- [Bb] nough; you love blow and I [A] love puff. And [Dm] life is like a [Gm] pipe, And I'm a tiny [Bb] penny rolling up the walls [A] inside. (run - A - 0 E - 3 1 0]
[Chorus 2] [Dm] We only said goodbye with [Gm] words; I died a hundred times. [Bb] You go back to her and [A] I go back to... [Dm] We only said goodbye with [Gm] words; I died a hundred times. [Bb] You go back to her and [A] I go back to...
[Break] N.C.
[Bridge 1] [Dm] Black... [Bbmaj7] black, [F] Black... [A] black. [Dm] Black... [Bbmaj7] black, [F] Black... [A] I go back to... [A7] I go back to...
[Chorus 3] [Dm] We only said goodbye with [Gm] words; I died a hundred times. [Bb] You go back to her and [A] I go back to... [Dm] We only said goodbye with [Gm] words; I died a hundred times. [Bb] You go back to her and [A] I go back to [Dm] black.
