...RAG MAMA RAG... by The Band
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*from 'The Band' (1969)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: F)


Intro:

D, C  G (x2)

Verse 1:

D                                  G
 Rag Mama Rag; I can't believe its true.
D                             G
 Rag Mama Rag, a-what did you do?
  D                 D7
I crawled up to the railroad track,
        G             C7
Let the four nineteen scratch my back.

Verse 2:

D
 Shag mama shag, now, whats come over you?
                                   G
Rag Mama Rag, I'm pulling out your gag.
       D                      D7
Gon-na turn you lose, like an old caboose;
      G             D
Got a tail I need a drag.

Bridge 1:

  A7                        C
I ask about your turtle and you ask about the weather.
      G
Well, I can't jump the hurdle and we can't get to-gether.
A7 (n.C)
  We could be relaxing in my sleeping bag,
But all you want to do for me, mama, is a...

Verse 3:

D                                 G
 Rag Mama Rag; there's nowhere to go,
D
 Rag Mama Rag, come on resin up the bow.

Interlude:

D, C  G (x2)

Verse 4:

D                          G
 Rag Mama Rag, where do ya roam?
D
 Rag Mama Rag, bring your skinny little body right home.
     D               D7
It's dog eat dog and cat eat mouse,
        G                 C7
You can Rag Mama Rag, all over my house.

Solo:

D

Bridge 2:

D                                                  G
 Hail stones beatin' on the roof, the bourbon is a hundred proof.
     D                             C              G
It's you and me and the telephone, our destiny is quite well known.
D                               C                     G        D
 We don't need to sit and brag; all we gotta do is... Rag Mama Rag.

Coda:

D                          G
 Rag Mama Rag, where do ya roam?
D
 Rag Mama Rag, bring your skinny little body right home.

Outro:

D


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       G       D7      C7      A7      C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  xx0212  032310  x02223  032010


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)