Ruby Baby by Dion

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Theme → Theme → Interlude → Theme ×2 → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• E
  I

Theme 1

• E – A7 – E – B7 – A7 – E
  I – IV7 – I – V7 – IV7 – I

Theme 2

Same chords as Theme 1.

Interlude

• E – A7 – E – B7 – A7 – E
  I – IV7 – I – V7 – IV7 – I

Theme 3

Same chords as Theme 1.

Theme 4

Same chords as Theme 1.

Outro

• E
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0439, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.