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.