Rag Mama Rag:The Band.
#16 in UK and #57 on BB Hot 100
on CAPITOL Records in 1969.
INTRO: F Bb F Bb
#1.
Fm Bb
Rag mama rag, I can't believe it's true.
Fm
Rag mama rag, what did you do?
I crawled up to the railroad track..
Bb Eb
let the four-nineteen scratch my back.
#2.
Fm
Shag mama shag now, what's come over you?
Fm Bb
Rag mama rag, I'm a pulling out your gag.
Fm
Gonna turn you a loose like an old caboose.
Got a tail, I need a drag.
BRIDGE:
F C Eb
I ask about your turtle and you ask about
the weather.
Eb Bb
Well, I can't jump the hurdle and oh, you can't
get together.
C
And we could be relaxing in my sleeping bag.
Gm C
But all you want to do for me, mama..
Fm Eb Fm Bb
is rag mama rag, there's nowhere to go.
Fm
Rag mama rag, come on, resin up the bow.
INTERLUDE: F Eb F Bb
#4.
Fm F Fm Bb
Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Fm F Fm
Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body
back home.
Fm
It's dog eat dog and cat eat mouse..you can
Bb Eb
rag mama rag all over my house.
INTERLUDE: F Bb
#5.
Bb Fm
Hail stones beatin' on the roof..the bourbon
Bb
is a hundred proof.
F
It's you and me and the telephone..our destiny
Bb
is quite well known.
F Eb
We don't need to sit and brag..all we gotta do is
Bb Fm
rag mama rag, mama rag.
OUTRO:
Fm Bb
Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Fm Bb Fm
Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home.
...Fm F..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
