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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Ragged &amp; Dirty</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Yank Rachell and Sleepy John Estes<br />
  17 arranged by Bob Dylan and played on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">World Gone Wrong</a> (1993)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Capo 4th fret (original key E major)</p>
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  22 <p>The trick is to get the riff that runs through the whole song
  23 right. This riff appears everywhere where there's a G, and it's always
  24 played twice in a row. The adjacent open strings <em>should</em> be
  25 sounding, especially at the end of the riff, where you get the
  26 delicious clash between the Bb of the third string and the B of the
  27 open second string. The : and | indicate the beats. Most of the melody
  28 notes come a little before the beat, and should be played on the
  29 upstrokes. Throughout all of this, you keep strumming, but lightly,
  30 mainly to indicate the basic rhythm. <br />
  31 For the initial slide up ( / = slide up), you already have the index
  32 finger in place from the C chord. Use that.</p>
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  34 <pre class="tab">
  35 (C)       G
  36           :     .     .     .      :     .     .     .
  37 --------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------
  38 ------1-|/3---6-------3---6------|-----------------------1/|-3---6-
  39 --------|----------------------3-|-----3-0-----------------|------- etc.
  40 --------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------
  41 --------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------
  42 --------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------
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  47 <pre class="verse">
  48 G (|: Riff 1 :|) C  G (|: Riff 1 :|)
  49
  50                             C                   G
  51 Lord I'm broke, I'm hungry, ragged and dirty too
  52 C                                  G
  53 Broke and hungry, ragged and dirty too
  54     D                           C                   G
  55 If I clean up sweet mama, can I stay all night with you.
  56
  57 |: Riff 1 :|
  58
  59 Lord, I went to my window, babe, I couldn't see through my blinds
  60 Went to my window, babe I couldn't see through my blinds
  61 Heard my best friend coming around I thought I heard my baby cry.
  62
  63 Lord, if I can't come in here, baby then just let me sit down in your door
  64 If I can't come in here baby then just let me sit down in your door
  65 And I would leave so soon that your man won't never know.
  66
  67 How can I live here baby, Lord, and feel at ease?
  68 How can I live here baby, Lord, and feel at ease?
  69 Well, that woman I got, man, she do just what she feels.
  70
  71 Lord you shouldn't mistreat me, baby, because I'm young and wild
  72 Shouldn't mistreat me, baby, because I'm young and wild
  73 You must always remember, baby, you was once a child.
  74
  75 'Cause I'm leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blind
  76 Leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blinds
  77 Well, I've been mistreated and I swear, I don't mind dyin'.
  78 </pre>
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  80 <pre class="tab">
  81    G7   G6    G+    G     G7
  82 |--3----3-----3-----3-----3---
  83 |--0----0-----0-----0-----0---
  84 |--0----0-----0-----0-----0---
  85 |--3----2-----1-----0-----3---
  86 |-----------------------------
  87 |-----------------------------
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