The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint (Ukulele)

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ARTIST: Rolling Stones
SONG: Rip This Joint
ALBUM: Exile On Main St., 1972
FROM: Lukas Lechner, Austria
E-MAIL: [email protected]
DATE: Jul 14 2002

Rip This Joint ************************************* written by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards chords used during the rest of the song:

Intro:  					    C    F    F
     C  F  C  F  C....
e--------------------------------		---------5----3------|
B----7--8--7--8--7---------------		----7----5----3------|
G----7--7--7--7--7--etc.---------		----7----6----4------|
D----7--9--7--9--7---------------		----7----7----5------|
A--------------------------------		----5----7----5------|
E--------------------------------		---------5----3------|

C 		F
Mama says yes, Papa says no,

C
make up you mind 'cause I gotta go.

C			     F
I'm gonna raise hell at the Union Hall,

  C
drive myself right over the wall.

 F
Rip this joint, gonna save your soul,

 C          F         C
round and round and round we go.

 F
Roll this joint, gonna get down low,

 C         F              C
start my starter, gonna stop the show.

Oh, yeah!

C			   F
Mister President, Mister Immigration Man,

 C
let me in, sweetie, to your fair land.

		      F
I'm Tampa bound and Memphis too,

 C
Short Fat Fanny is on the loose.

 F
Dig that sound on the radio,

      C               F          C
then slip it right across into Buffalo.

 F
Dick and Pat in ole D.C.,

       C            F          C
well they're gonna hold some shit for me!

C
Ying yang, you're my thing,

F
oh, now, baby, won't you hear me sing?

C     F     C
Flip Flop, fit to drop,

 F
come on baby, won't you let it rock!?

sax solo

C
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!

			F
From San Jose down to Santa Fe,

 C
kiss me quick, baby, won'tcha make my day?!

			       F
Down to New Orleans with the Dixie Dean,

             C
'cross to Dallas, Texas with the Butter Queen.

F
Rip this joint, gonna rip yours too,

        C        F             C
some brand new steps and some weight to lose.

       F
Gonna roll this joint, gonna get down low,

 C          F         C
round and round and round we'll go.

C	                  F
Wham, Bham, Birmingham, Alabam' don't give a damn.

 C       F   C
Little Rock fit to drop.

  F
Aaah, let it rock!

sax solo and fade out Great rockin' number!

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