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Rag Momma by Jim Kweskin Jug Band


                 Rag Momma


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
 
The Notes Of The Run Are: On E & A strings
(Over G Chord)   (E7 Chord)
G G A A# B G F# F E
I like To play D7 like a C7 moved Up 2 frets
 
 
[Verse]
(run) E7
I'm going downtown with my hat in my hand
A7
Lookin' for a woman ain't got no man
D7
Might as well be lookin'
for a needle in the sand
G  (the run)
Lookin' for a woman ain't got no man
    E7                         A7
Now, dee dee dum a deedly dum, rag mama
D7                           G
Come on, baby, let's do that rag
 
G (run)    E7
Now, you get one woman, you better get two
A7
One for your buddy and one for you
D7
You better get a wife and a sweetheart too
 G (run)
Wife don't love you but your sweetheart do
     E7                       A7
Now, dee dee dum a deedly dum, rag mama
D7                           G
Come on, baby, let's do that rag
 
G (run)   E7
I never thought my gal would treat me so
A7
Got A Lover man at my back door
D7
Now, come on mama, what you know
G (run)
You gonna reap just what you sow
  E7                           A7
Now, dee dee dum a deedly dum, rag mama
D7                           G
Come on, baby, let's do that rag
 
(run)E7
Hey, saw my gal with a man,
she was holdin' his hand
        A7
I had a pistol in my pocket,
blackjack in my hand
D7
Run outside with a half a brick Sayin'
(run)G
I'm gonna get that so-and-so
E7                        A7
Dee dee dum a deedly dum, rag mama
D7                           G
Come on, baby, let's do that rag
 
The Key Isn't Important, Just The Ragtime
Rhythm And Progression





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