Rag Mama Rag by The Band
RAG MAMA RAG
As recorded by The Band
(From the 1969 Album THE BAND)
Words and Music by Robbie Robertson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robbie Robertson - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rick Danko - Fiddle arr. for Guitar'
Intro
Ragtime feel Q=162
N.C.
4/4
Gtr II (Fiddle arr. for Gtr.)
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|-----1-1-(1)-----1-|-(1)-----1-(1)------|
|-1-3---------3p1---|-----3p1-------3p1--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +H
|-----1-1-(1)-----1-|-(1)-----1-(1)----|
|-1-3---------3p1---|-----3p1----------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
Gtrs I, II
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|-----1-1-(1)-----1-|-(1)-----1-(1)------|
|-1-3---------3p1---|-----3p1-------3p1--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +H
|-----1-1-(1)-----1-|-(1)-----1-(1)----||
|-1-3---------3p1---|-----3p1----------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
1st Verse
$
$$
F Bb
Gtr I
Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|------2-(2)-------|-3-----3-----3--|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3---0-|-3--3-----3----|-3--3-3-(3)-----3-|-----3-----3----|
|-3--3-3-(3)---3---|------3h5---5--|------3-(3)-3-1---|---1-----1------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|
To Dbl. Coda
F C F
|-3-|
Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E S S S E Q Q E E E E Q
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3---0-|-3--3-----3----|-------1-1h3p1---3--|----3-----3------|
|-3--3-3-(3)---3---|------3h5---5--|-1h2h3---------3----|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|-1----0h1---1----|
Bb Eb
W W W Q Q H
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-8--8--8----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-8--8--8----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-1--------|-6--6--6----|
|-1--------|-1--------|----------|------------|
2nd Verse
To Coda
F
Q E E +E E Q E Q E E E E E Q E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----1-1-(1)--1--|---1-1---4-3-1---|
|-8----8-(8)---8--|---8----6-5------||----2-2-(2)--2--|---2-2-2-------2-|
|-8----8-(8)---8--|---8--------6----||----3-3-(3)--3--|-3---------------|
|----6-------6----|-6----6-------8--||----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|
N.C.
E E E E +E E E E E +Q E +Q E +E
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|-8b10-(8)--8pb10r(8)--8b10==(8)-|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----1-------1-1h3-|--------------------------------|
|-1h3---3-(3)-------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
+W E +Q E +Q Q
|-------------|-----------------------|
|-(8)r--------|-8b10-(8)--6-(6)------|
|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------------/7--|
|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|
+W a +E +E E E +Q. E
|------------|-----------------------------|
|------------|-8b9==(8)r(8)p6-8pb9r(8)---6-|
|------------|-----------------------------|
|-(7)--------|-----------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------|
Bridge
C
E +Q E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|------------------------||-----8-8-(8)-8-----|
|-8b9-(8)--8b9r(8)-6-6-6-||-----8-8-(8)-8-----|
|------------------------||-7S9-----------8S9-|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
D Eb D Eb D Eb
+E E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E
|-----8------------|-10S11--10S11--10S11-|
|-----8---8--------|-10S11--10S11--10S11-|
|-(9)-------8h9----|-11S12--11S12--11S12-|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
N.C.
+E Q E +E Q E Q Q Q. E
|-(11)-11----------------|----6---------|
|-(11)-------------------|-------9------|
|-(12)-----13-(13)-13----|-7----------9-|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
+E E +E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H
|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-(9)-6b7-(6)------------|---------------|--------------7--|--9-----------|
|-------------8-(8)--8-6h|=8--8-6h8--8-6h|=8-6---8-(8)--8--|-10-----------|
|------------------------|---------------|-----8-----------|--------------|
|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
N.C.
W E +Q E +Q E +E +W E +Q E Q Q
|----------||------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------||-8b9-(8)--8b9==(8)r--8b9==(8)-|-(8)r--------|-8b9-(8)--6----6--|
|----------||------------------------------|-------------|---------------7--|
|----------||------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------||------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
+Q Q E E E E E +Q E +Q E +E
|-----------6---6-|------------------------------|
|-(6)--6------7---|-8b9-(8)--8b9==(8)r--8b9==(8)-|
|-(7)--7----------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
+W E Q E +Q Q +E E E E Q Q
|-------------|-8----------------|-----------------||
|-(8)r--------|---6--8b9-(8)--6--|-(6)-6-6-6-6--6--||
|-------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------------|-----------------||
Piano Solo
&
F
Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------o||
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
||--3--3-3-(3)-3---0-|-3--3-----3----|-3--3-3-(3)-3---0-|-3--3-----3------||
||o-3--3-3-(3)---3---|------3h5---5--|-3--3-3-(3)---3---|------3h5---5---o||
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
Bb
Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3---0-|-3--3-----3----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----||
|-3--3-3-(3)---3---|------3h5---5--|-3-1-----1-----1-|-3-1-----1-----1-||
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
1.,2.
F Eb Bb
Q. E +H Q. E H Q. E +H Q. E H 3x
||-------------------|-1-----------|---------------|------4s3-----||
||o-------10-(10)----|-1----1h3----|------8-(8)----|-3----4s3----o||
||--10----10-(10)----|-2----2------|-8----8-(8)----|-3----4s3-----||
||--10----10-(10)----|-3-----------|-8----8-(8)----|-3------------||
||o--8---------------|-------------|-6-------------|-1-----------o||
||-------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------||
Outro Piano Solo
3.
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
Bb F F
Q. E +Q Q +E Q E Q Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||---------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||---------------||-1-----1-----1---|
|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3--3-3--3--||---------------||-1h2---1h2---1h2-|
|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3--3-3--3--||----3-----3----||-----------------|
|-1----1-(1)--1--|-(1)-1--1-1--1--||---------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-1----0h1----1-||-----1-----1-----|
Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----1-----1-----|-1-----1-----1---|
|---------------|------------------|----1h2---1h2---|-1h2---1h2---1h2-|
|----3---1-0----|-3p1---3-(3)---3--|----------------|-----------------|
|------3--------|-----3------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-1-----------1-|-------------1----|-1------1-----1-|-----1-----1-----|
Q E E E Q E Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E W
|---------------|------------------|----------------|------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|------|
|----3-----1----|-3----3-(3)---1h3-|----3-1-------3-|------|
|------1h3------|------------------|--------1h3-3---|------|
|-1-----------1-|----1-------1-----|-1--------------|-1----|
+W +W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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