Ruthie-Ruthie chords by
Frank Zappa

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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I, I can't see you,

G

G

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but I know that you're out there

C

C

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It's that little voice,

that same little voice at all of the concerts

Of the guy in the back of the room

It's going, "Weh- ne- heh,

hehn- weh- ni- heh- ni- heh mini- mini- heh mini- hehn"

Coupla years ago, there was a guy that used to

come to all the concerts on the East Coast

I swore I heard him every night for a month,

G

G

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there he was somewhere in the audience

C

C

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An' he would – it's this little voice,

and he would say

E

E

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"Freak me out,

C

C

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Frank! Freak me out! Freak me out, Frank!"

OK, here we go! Arf, arf,

G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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weh- ne- heh, arf

Verse 2

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Ruthie- Ruthie

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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Where did you go?

C

C

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Gm

Gm

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Oh, Ruthie- Ruthie,

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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yeah yeah yeah wow wow wow wow

G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Where did you go?

Verse 3

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Last night at Chatham Center

G

G

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C

C

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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I wanna tell ya a story

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G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Right after Ruth got through barfin'

G

G

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C

C

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She pushed her tray out

Dm

Dm

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the door

G

G

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Xerox men came crashin' in, said

Verse 4

Gm

Gm

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Ruthie- Ruthie

G

G

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C

C

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Where did you go?

Dm

Dm

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(What did you do,

C

C

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G

G

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now what did you do?)

C

C

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Ruthie- Ruthie

G

G

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(Oh yeah)

Gm

Gm

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What did you do?

C

C

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(Where did you go, go?)

G

G

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C

C

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Lookit here!

Verse 5

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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Ruthie had on a thin nightgown

C

C

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She wasn't feelin' very well,

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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no no no no

G

G

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C

C

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She pushed her tray out the door

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Some guy tried to come in

F

F

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She kicked him in the nuts

C

C

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He said, "Oh, oh, oh, oh!"

Verse 6

G

G

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Ruthie- Ruthie

G

G

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C

C

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What did you do?

G

G

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(Now, what did you do? What did you...

C

C

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Gm

Gm

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what did you do?)

Ruthie- Ruthie

(Ruthie- Ruthie,

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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that was the best thing anybody could do)

C

C

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What did you do, now?

G

G

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C

C

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Verse 7

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Well, we have another song for you that goes

far beyond Louie- Louie

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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Gdim

Gdim

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Ruthie- Ruthie, or even Brian- Brian

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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A

A

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This song is so advanced it takes us all the way from

Dm

Dm

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Faug

Faug

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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1955 directly to approximately 1957

Dm

Dm

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Which is when it should have been written,

C

C

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G

G

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Bbdim

Bbdim

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F#

F#

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but actually it was written about 1970

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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This is a song, we'd like to dedicate this song to Marty,

our road manager

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Who has a fondness for the canine species,

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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and the orifice attendant thereto

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Chords

C
G
E
Dm
Gm
F
Gdim
A
Faug
Bbdim
F#

Capo: No capo

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What is the original key of Ruthie-Ruthie?

The original key of Ruthie-Ruthie by Frank Zappa is C major.

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Is Ruthie-Ruthie beginner-friendly on guitar?

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