RUBY MY DEAR

Recorded by Peter Bernstein

from the album "Monk" (Xanadu/The Orchard)
Transcribed by Paul Mitchell Brown
Medium Ballad Music by
q=63 Freely A Thelonious Monk

     
 
Bbm11 E13 F#% B7b9 Bb7b9#11 Fm9 Bb7b9

      
      
3

   
3

     
          
       

3
mf


0 3
4 7 5 1 0 1 6
6 6 6 1 2 1 1 4
6 6 7 1 1 0 1 6
5 2 1
6 0 2 1 6

 
Ebmaj7 Fm7 F#m7 Gm7 Ab6 A6 Gm9/Bb C7sus4 C7b9 Fmaj7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7
 
3
3
 
       
3

         

  
         


5 3
2 1
3 1 2 3 5 6 7 2 3 3 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 3 4 5 3 2 2 3 4 5
6 3 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 3 4 5

Bbm7 Eb13b9 Abmaj7 Bbm7Bm7 Cm7 Bbm11 A5add9


     
3

    
      
          
        
   3


8 6
6 5 5 4 6 4 4 7
6 5 5 6 7 8 5 6 6 4 6 7
6 5 5 6 7 8 7 6 2
6 4 0
6 4 6 7 8 6

  
Bm11 E13b5 Fm9 Bb7b9 Ebmaj7 Fm7F#m7 Gm7 Ab6 A6

    
3
 3
       
3

         
                   
  



3
5 5 7 1 6
7 6 1 4 3 1 2 3 5 6
7 6 6 1 6 0 1 2 3 3 4
5 6
7 0 6 1 6 1 2 3 4 5
 Gm9/Bb C9sus4 C7b9 Fmaj7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Eb13b9

     
3
   
3

 
        
           

     
  


5 3 8 6
3 2 1 6 6 5 5
7 3 3 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 5
5 3 2 2 3 4 2 5 3 6 10 9 8 7 6 5
3 3 4
6 1 3 4 5 6


 
Abmaj7 Bbm7Bm7 Cm7 Bbm11 A5add9 Bm11 E13b9
3
        
           
 
  
      



4 6 4 4 7 5 5 6
5 6 7 8 5 6 6 4 6 7 8 7 6
5 6 7 8 7 6 2 7 6
0 5
4 6 7 8 6 7 0

C  
    
A%/E Bm7/E E13b9 Amaj%

 

      
3

  
  
3 3 3
        
            
   
 


12 14 9 7 9 7
12 12 14 9 7 6 9 7
11 7 6 6
11 7 6 6 4 4
7 5 7 7 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5

  
Bb6 G7b9/B Cm9 Cm^7 Cm7 Dm7

   

 
        
3
   
3
      
   3  3
 


10 8
8 12 8 8 8 8 8 10
7 7 10 13 8 8 8 8 8 10
5 6 9 12 12 11 10 9 8 0 10
8 11 0
6 7 7 10 8 8


      
Ebm9 Ebm^7 Ebm9 Ab7#11 E13#11

      
             
       


11 13 11 13
7 11 11 3 7
10 11 11 5 6
11 12 11 4 6
5
11 6 11 4 0 6
 D
Fm9 Bb7b9 Ebmaj7 Fm7 F#m7 Gm7 Ab6 A6 Gm9/Bb C9sus4 C7b9

    
3
  
               
      
     


5 3
8 6 3 2
8 4 3 1 2 3 5 6 7 3 3
6 6 0 1 2 3 3 4 5 3 2
8 6 3 3
6 1 2 3 4 5 6

 
Fmaj7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Eb13b9 Abmaj7 Bbm7Bm7 Cm7
   
            
          

      
             

 


8 6
1 6 5 5 4 6
2 3 4 5 6 5 5 6 7 8 5 6
2 3 2 4 3 5 3 6 5 5 6 7 8 7
6 4
1 3 4 5 6 4 6 7 8

 
Bbm11 E13 F#% B7b9 Bb7b9#11

        
     
  
 
        
  


0
4 4 7 5 1 0 5 3
6 6 6 1 2 1 4
6 6 7 1 1 0 6
5 2 1
6 0 2

    

A13sus4 Ab7b9 Ab13#11

  
3

 


            
 
   
  3


8 10 13 8
3 1 3 4 6 7 7
0 2 2 4 5 11 10
4 4 3 4 6 10
0 2 3 5 6
4


4 5

Dbmaj13#11
 
  
 
let ring


 
      


           



   
  
 pp


11 6



11 4 6 4
10 5 5 0 0 0
10 5 5 3 3 3 3
10 4 4 4
9 4 4 4