Salty Dog Blues

Papa Charlie Jackson · 1924 · public domain

The circle-of-fifths rag that bluegrass adopted: 1, then three dominants in a row walking the wheel home.

KeyCDbDEbEFF#GAbABbBbluegrass rag

The loop

Refrain

GStandin' on the corner with the E7low-down blues,

A7great big hole in the bottom of my D7shoes —

Ghoney, let me E7be your salty A7dog D7 G

Verse

GLet me be your salty E7dog

A7or I won't be your man at D7all —

Ghoney, let me E7be your A7salty D7dog G

Verse 2

GDown in the wildwood sittin' on a E7log,

A7finger on the trigger and an eye on the D7hog —

Ghoney, let me E7be your A7salty D7dog G

E76⁷

A72⁷

D75⁷

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