Rag Mama Rag Chords

...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 it's 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
 Sag Mama sag, now, what's come over you?
                                   G
Rag Mama Rag, I'm pulling out your gag.
      D                      D7
Gonna turn you lose, like an old caboose;
      G              D
Got a tail I need to 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 together.
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)
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