Ruby Tuesday Chords
Ruby Tuesday by Melanie Safka is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, G, D and C6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G C G D (2x)
C G C D
She would never say where she came from
C G C D
yesterday don't matter cause it's gone
C C6 D
while the sun is bright
C C6 D
or in the darkest night
G C D C D
no one knows - she comes and then she goes
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
who is gonna hang a name on you and
G D C G
when you change with every new day,
D
still I'm gonna miss you
C G C D
Don't ask her why she needs to be so free
C G C D
she's gonna tell you it's the only way to be
C C6 D
she just can't be chained
C C6 D
to a life where nothing's gained
G D C D
and nothing's lost - but such a cost
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
who is gonna hang a name on you and
G D C G
when you change with every new day,
D
still I'm gonna miss you
C G C D
Oh, there's no time to lose I heard her say
C G C D
you gotta catch your dreams before they run away
C C6 D C C6
dying all the time - lose your dreams and
D G
you might lose your mind
D C D
Is life unkind?
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
who is gonna hang a name on you and
G D C G
when you change with every new day,
D
still I'm gonna miss you
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
who is gonna hang a name on you and
G D C G
when you change with every new day,
D
still I'm gonna miss you
G D C D (2x)
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday,
G D C D
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday