Salty Dog Rag chords by Red Foley

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
        D MajorD
Away down yonder in the state of Arkansas
G+G
Where my great-grandpa met my great-grandma
C majorC
They drink apple cider and they get on a jag,
FF                  A7A7
And dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.
D MajorD
They play an old fiddle like you never heard before,
G+G
They play the only tune that they ever did know-
C majorC
It's a ragtime ditty and the rhythm don't drag,
FF               C majorC     FF
Now everybody's dancing to the Salty Dog Rag.

Chorus:
D7D7
One foot front, drag it back,
G7G7
Then you start to ball the jack.
C majorC
You shake and you break and then you sag.
FF                    A7A7
If your partner zigs, you're supposed to zag.
D7D7
Your heart is light, you tap your feet
            G7G7
In rhythm with that ragtime beat.
C majorC
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
FF             C majorC     FF
And dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.

Verse 2:
        D MajorD
Away down South 'neath the old Southern moon,
G+G
The possum's up a tree and the hounds've treed a coon
C majorC
They hitch up a buggy to the broken-down nag
FF                  A7A7
And go out dancing to the Salty Dog Rag.
D MajorD
They tune up the fiddle and they rosin up the bow.
G+G
They strike a C majorC chord on the old banjo
C majorC
Then holler hang on 'cause we ain't gonna drag.
FF                  C majorC    FF
Now here's the way you dance to the Salty Dog Rag.

Chorus:
D7D7
One foot front, drag it back,
G7G7
Then you start to ball the jack.
C majorC
You shake and you break and then you sag.
FF                    A7A7
If your partner zigs, you're supposed to zag.
D7D7
Your heart is light, you tap your feet
            G7G7
In rhythm with that ragtime beat.
C majorC
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
FF             C majorC     FF
And dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.