Guitar Blues and Rags with Rick McKeon

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1 uitar Blues and Rags with Rick McKeon Once you have the lternating Thumb down solid it s time to start playing some of these wonderful old Blues and Ragtime Tunes! Here are four great old standards plus my original ragtime tune called, No Money Rag. Hope you like them! Lessons include: ishin Blues (rop ) Nobody Knows You When You re own and Out (Standard Tuning) Hard Time Killin loor (Open m) Come Back Baby (Standard Tuning) No Money Rag (Standard Tuning)

2 Table of Contents ishin Blues - Tab ishin Blues - Lyrics Nobody Knows You When You re own and Out Tab 6 Nobody Knows You When You re own and Out Lyrics 9 Hard Time Killin loor Tab Hard Time Killin loor Tab with Phrases Hard Time Killin loor Lyrics Come Back Baby Tab 6 Come Back Baby Lyrics 8 No Money Rag Tab 9 No Money Rag Lyrics

3 ishin' Blues Henry Thomas BSIC VERSION Bet you're goin' fishin' all of the time, Baby goin' fishin' too. E 6 Bet your life your sweet wife, Will catch more fish than you. 9 ny fish bites if you got good bait. Here's a little tip I would like to relate. ny fish bites if you got good bait. I'm a-goin' fishin, Yes I'm goin' fishing, Rev. 6// Page /

4 VRITION nd my baby goin' fishin' too. I went down to my favorite fishin hole rabbed me a pole and line. Throwed my pole on in, caught a 9-pound catfish and I E brought him home for supper time, (singin') ny fish bites if you got good bait. 9 Here's a little tip I would like to relate. ny fish bites if you got good bait. I'm a-goin' fishin, Yes I'm goin' fishing, nd my baby goin' fishin' too. Rev. 6// Page /

5 . Bet you re goin fishin all of the time,. I went down to my favorite fishin hole,. Put him in the pot, Put him in the pan,. Baby goin fishin too.. rabbed me a pole and a line.. Cook him till he s nice and brown. ishin Blues Henry Thomas. Bet your life your sweet wife, Will. Throwed my pole in, Caught a 9-pound catfish, nd I. Make up a bunch of them buttermilk hoe cakes, Mama, E. Catch more fish than you.. Brought him home for supper time, (singin ). Chew em up and chomp em on down. CHORUS: ny fish bites if you got good bait. Here s a little tip I would like to relate. ny fish bites if you got good bait. I m a-goin fishin, Yes I m goin fishin, nd my baby goin fishin too.

6 Nobody Knows You When You're own nd Out Jimmy Cox C E m Once I lived the life of a millionaire spent all my money and Then I began to fall so low. idn't have a dollar, I had m m [R] I didn't care. Showing my friends a mighty good time, no place to go. (If I) ever get my hands on a dollar again, 9.. high priced liquor, cham - pagne and wine. (But) I'll hold on to it 'til the eagle grins. (Well) Rev. 9// Page / 6

7 C E m No - bod - y knows you, when you're down and m 6 out. in my poc - ket not one pen - ny. nd it, 9 C E 6 Comes to friends (well), I haven't any. But, when I get back on my m m 9 Rev. 9// Page / feet again, Every - body wants to be my long lost friend.

8 9 It's mighty strange with - out a doubt, Nobody knows you when you're C End Intro. to uitar Break. down and out! out! 8 Rev. 9// Page / 8

9 Nobody Knows You When You re own and Out Jimmy Cox - 9 C E Once I lived the life of a millionaire, m m m Spent all my money and I didn t care. Showing my friends a mighty good time, 9 # High priced liquor, champagne and wine. C E But then I began to fall so low. m m idn t have a dollar, I had no place to go. If I ever get my hands on a dollar again, 9 I ll hold onto it til the eagle grins. C E No - body knows you, m m When you re down and out. # In my pocket not one penny. nd it, 9

10 9 Comes to friends (well), I haven t any. (But) C E When I get back on my feet again, m m Everybody wants to be my long lost friend. It s mighty strange without a doubt, 9 C Nobody knows you when you re down and out.

11 Hard Time Killin' loor Skip James (Tuning = ) INTRO VERSE Hard time, hard time, every - where you go. People are driftin' from Rev. /8/ Page /

12 ¼ door to / door. Hum, hum, / 9 Hum, / hum. Lord, / Lord, Lord, Lord... Rev. /8/ Page /

13 INTRO Hard Time Killin' loor Skip James (Tuning = ) VERSE Hard time, hard time, every - where you go. People are driftin' from Rev. /8/ Page /

14 ¼ door to / door. Hum, hum, / 9 Hum, / hum. Lord, / Lord, Lord, Lord... Rev. /8/ Page /

15 Hard Time Killin loor Skip James. Hard time, hard time, everywhere you go.. That preacher gonna tell you it s heaven sent.. Well, you hear me singin' this lonesome song.. People are driftin' from door to door.. I ain t got no money Lord, I can t pay my rent.. These hard times gonna last you so very long.. Hum hum, hum hum, Lord Lord, Lord Lord.. Well well, Lord Lord, Hum hum, hum hum.. Well well, hum hum, Lord Lord, Lord Lord

16 Come Back Baby Traditional rr. Orville Johnson 9 PRT 9 / E B E 6 6 (So,) Come back baby Please don't go. How I love you darling, You'll never know. So, Come back E ¼ [B] [B] ¼ baby. Let's talk it over just one more E time. If I could Rev. // Page / 6

17 PRT holler, Like a mountain jack, I would call for my / [B/R] baby, "Won't you please come back." So, come back E [B] ¼ baby, Let's talk it over just one more. E / / time. E (It's a long long). Rev. // Page /

18 Come Back Baby Traditional 8-Bar Blues in. Well, come back baby, Please don t go.. That s a long, long train, It s got a mean engineer.. If I could holler, Like a mountain jack,. How I love you darling, You ll never know.. He has taken my baby, way from here.. I would call for my baby, Won t you please come back. E E. Well, come back baby, Let s talk it over just one more time.. Well, come back baby, Let s talk it over just one more time.. Well, come back baby, Let s talk it over just one more time. 8

19 No Money Rag (C) Rick McKeon 6 C Well, I ain't got no fancy cloths, but I ain't goin' no C C 8 where. nd I ain't got no money to spend, but 9 C I don't really care. Now, you might think I'm Page / 9

20 E E E No Money Rag - poor and lowdown, but that don't bother me none. Just C 9 come on along, we'll we'll pick the guitar, and we'll have some C C.. 6 fun! (Oh Yeah!) Page /

21 No Money Rag (/) Rick McKeon C 9 # 9 C. Well, I ain t got no fancy cloths, but I ain t goin no where.. My old car don t run so good, but it gets me where I want to go.. So if you re feeling down and out, just sing a different song. C 9. nd I ain t got no money to spend, but I don t really care.. nd I got an old guitar to play. Well, who could ask for more?. You ll feel better, just drop that load, and it won t take long. C E E. Now you might think I m poor and lowdown, but that don t bother me none.. Some people say You ll never get rich, and that s probably true,. Just take yourself a look around, There s beauty everywhere. C 9 C. Just come on along, we ll pick the guitar, and we ll have some fun.. Come on along, we ll pick that guitar and we ll have a laugh or two.. Come on along, we ll pick that guitar, and we won t have a care! (Oh Yeah!)