{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2751567,"song":"Salty Dog Rag","artist":"Red Foley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11629956-salty-dog-rag-chords-by-red-foley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2751567?type=chord","rating":0.10308,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway down yonder in the state of Arkansas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere my great-grandpa met my great-grandma[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey drink apple cider and they get on a jag,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey play an old fiddle like you never heard before,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey play the only tune that they ever did know-[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a ragtime ditty and the rhythm don't drag,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow everybody's dancing to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOne foot front, drag it back,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThen you start to ball the jack.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou shake and you break and then you sag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIf your partner zigs, you're supposed to zag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYour heart is light, you tap your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIn rhythm with that ragtime beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPack up your troubles in your old kit bag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway down South 'neath the old Southern moon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe possum's up a tree and the hounds've treed a coon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey hitch up a buggy to the broken-down nag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd go out dancing to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey tune up the fiddle and they rosin up the bow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey strike a C chord on the old banjo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen holler hang on 'cause we ain't gonna drag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow here's the way you dance to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOne foot front, drag it back,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThen you start to ball the jack.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou shake and you break and then you sag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIf your partner zigs, you're supposed to zag.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYour heart is light, you tap your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIn rhythm with that ragtime beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPack up your troubles in your old kit bag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd dance all night to the Salty Dog Rag.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","C","F","A7","D7","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}