Raise A Ruckus Tonight (hi-lo)

by Pre-Civil War African-American song · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT hi-lo
Pre-Civil War African-American song
Key: D

5   5   4   4   5    5   4
8   8   7   7   8    8   7
My old mas-ter prom-ised me,

  4  -4  -4  -4 -4   5
  7  -8  -8  -8 -8   8
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 4    5   5   4    4    5  5   4
 7    8   8   7    7    8  8   7
That when he died he’d set me free

  4   4  -4  -4 -4   4
  7   7  -8  -8 -8   7
Raise a ruck-us to-night

4    5   5   4   4   5    5   4
7    8   8   7   7   8    8   7
He lived un-til his head got bald

  4   4  -4  -4 -4   4
  7   7  -8  -8 -8   8
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 4   5   5    4   4
 7   8   8    7   7
And gave up think-in’

  4   5  5   5   4
  7   8  8   8   7
‘Bout dy-in’ at all

  4   4  -4  -4 -4   4
  7   7  -8  -8 -8   7
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 5   4  5    4   4   -4   4    4  -3  4
 8   7  8    7   7   -8   7    7  -7  7
Come a-long lit-tle chil-dren come a-long

 5     6    6   -6  6   6    5   -4
 8     9    9   -10 9   9    8   -8
Come while the moon is shin-ing bright

 5   4  5    4   4   -4   4    4  -3  4
 8   7  8    7   7   -8   7    7  -7  7
Come a-long lit-tle chil-dren come a-long

  4    4  -4   5   4  5   -4 -4   4
  7    7  -8   8   7  8   -8 -8   7
We’re gon-na raise a ruck-us to-night

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