"Ruby Tuesday"

Songwriters: Jagger & Richards

The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar and vocals), Charlie Watts (drums), Bill Wyman (string bass), Brian Jones (recorder), and Jack Nitzsche (piano). [Wyman claims Jones plays piano.]

Recorded: 16 November 1966, Olympic Studios, London

Production: Andrew Loog Oldham with Glyn Johns (engineer). [3:11]

UK release: Decca F 12546 [b/w "Let's Spend the Night Together"] 13 January 1967: RR #3 US release: London US release as London 45-904, 13 January 1967: BB #1 (4 March 1967)

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
A	verse	0:00	16	Vocal, piano, bass; add harmonizing verse on each second half recorder begins halfway	a
B	chorus	0:	8	Add guitar, drums, electric bass, and tambourine. Alternating unison and harmony.	b
A	verse	:	16	Vocal, piano, bass, and recorder with second voice.	c
B	chorus	:	8	As in refrain above.	b
A	verse	:	16	As in verse above.	d
B	chorus	:	8	As in refrain above.	b
B	chorus	:	8	As in refrain above.	b
	coda	:	4	recorder, string bass, piano, and guitar.	—

Text
She would never say where she came from. "Yesterday don't matter if it's gone." While the sun is bright, or in the darkest night No one knows, she comes and goes.	a
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, who could hang a name on you. When you change with every new day, still I'm gonna miss you.	b
Don't question why she needs to be so free. She'll tell you it's the only way to be. She just can't be chained to a life where nothing's gained and nothing's lost. At such a cost.	c
"There' no time to lose" I heard her say. Catch your dreams before they slip away. Dying all the time, lose your dreams and you may lose your mind in life unkind.	d

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