Raise A Ruckus Tonight (2nd pos)

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

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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 2nd pos
Pre-Civil War African-American song
Key: D
Harp: G

-3 -3   3   3   -3   -3  3
-7 -7   6   6   -7   -7  6
My old mas-ter prom-ised me,

  3  -3” -3” -3”-3” -3
  6  -6  -6  -6 -6  -7
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 3    -3  -3  3    3   -3  -3  3
 6    -7  -7  6    6   -7  -7  6
That when he died he’d set me free

  3   3  -3” -3”-3”  3
  6   6  -6  -6 -6   6
Raise a ruck-us to-night

3   -3   -3  3   3   -3  -3   3
6   -7   -7  6   6   -7  -7   6
He lived un-til his head got bald

  3   3  -3” -3”-3” -3
  6   6  -6  -6 -6  -7
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 3   -3  -3   3   3
 6   -7  -7   6   6
And gave up think-in’
  
  3   -3 -3  -3  3
  6   -7 -7  -7  6
‘Bout dy-in’ at all

  3   3  -3” -3”-3”  3
  6   6  -6  -6 -6   6
Raise a ruck-us to-night

 -3  3  -3   3   3   -3”  3    3   2  3
 -7  6  -7   6   6   -6   6    6   5  6
Come a-long lit-tle chil-dren come a-long

 -3   -4   -4   5   -4  -4  -3   -3”
 -7   -8   -8   8   -8  -8  -7   -6
Come while the moon is shin-ing bright

 -3  3  -3   3   3   -3”  3    3   2  3
 -7  6  -7   6   6   -6   6    6   5  6
Come a-long lit-tle chil-dren come a-long

  3    3  -3” -3   3  -3  -3”-3”  3
  6    6  -6  -7   6  -7  -6 -6   6
We’re gon-na raise a ruck-us to-night

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