Salty Dog Rag

               D
Away down yonder in the state of 
Arkansas
G
Where my great-grandpa met my 
great-grandma
C
They drink apple cider and they get 
on a jag,
F                                 
And dance all night to the Salty 
   A7
Dog Rag.
D
They play an old fiddle like you 
never heard before,
G
They play the only tune that they 
ever did know-
C
It's a ragtime ditty and the rhythm 
don't drag,
F                              C 
Now everybody's dancing to the 
        F
Salty Dog Rag.

[Chorus]
D7
One foot front, drag it back,
G7
Then you start to ball the jack.
C
You shake and you break and then you
 sag.
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F                          
If your partner zigs, you're 
              A7
supposed to zag.
D7
Your heart is light, you tap your 
feet
                        G7
In rhythm with that ragtime beat.
C
Pack up your troubles in your old 
kit bag
F                          C     
And dance all night to the Salty 
    F
Dog Rag.

[Verse 2]
               D
Away down South 'neath the old 
Southern moon,
G
The possum's up a tree and the 
hounds've treed a coon
C
They hitch up a buggy to the 
broken-down nag
F                                 
And go out dancing to the Salty 
  A7
Dog Rag.
D
They tune up the fiddle and they 
rosin up the bow.
G
They strike a C chord on the old 
banjo
C
Then holler hang on 'cause we ain't 
gonna drag.
F                                 
Now here's the way you dance to 
   C        F
the Salty Dog Rag.

[Chorus]
D7
One foot front, drag it back,
G7
Then you start to ball the jack.
C
You shake and you break and then you
 sag.
F                          
If your partner zigs, you're 
              A7
supposed to zag.
D7
Your heart is light, you tap your 
feet
                        G7
In rhythm with that ragtime beat.
C
Pack up your troubles in your old 
kit bag
F                          C     
And dance all night to the Salty 
    F
Dog Rag.