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The Boston Rag

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line

guitar:
   b4    g   a   bb  c5  d c5   bb4
F/G     Em       Gm7       Fmaj7

....trill...........             | 3  |
a4 bb a bb a bb a bb  c5  f4  a  eb d g  f
Ebmaj7-5              Dm7    Cm13        F

c#5 d c# d  c# d
/  /  d5  c  bb4 a bb a bb a bb a bb a  bb a  bb a  bb
Bbmaj7    Am7    Em7-5               A

|    5       |
f5 eb d   c d  d  f  a
d5  c bb4 g a
Dm7                 Bm7-5

f5 d  c a4   d5 c  a4 f    a  f  d  c   f  d  c  a
Bbmaj9       F/A           Bb/G         Bb/Eb

f4   d5      f4   c5       f4  bb      f   a
Bb/F         C/F          Bb/F          F

Em     F        C         Dm          Em          F      Am7
   Any news was good news,    and the feeling was bad at home

G6        F        C        Dm
I was out of my mind and you were on the

f4   d5      f4   c5      f4  bb      f   a
Bb/F         C/F          Bb/F         F
 phone

Em     F            C   Dm          Em       F     Am7
Lonnie was the king pin     back in nineteen sixty five

G6           F         C      Dm     Bb/F   F
I was singing this song when Lonnie came alive

Am7      Bm/A     C/F    Am
   Bring back the Boston Rag,

Am9                Bm/A            C/F     Am
     Tell all your buddies that it aint no drag

Am7        D/G      C/F    Am
     Bring back the Boston Rag

f4       e        d   e
Dm/A    Em/G     Dm/F     E7

f4   d5      f4   c5       f4  bb      f   a
Bb/F         C/F          Bb/F          F

Em           F    C       Dm            Em           F       Am
    You were Lady Bayside,    there was nothing that I could do

G6         F        C       Dm
So I pointed my car down Seventh Aven-

f4   d5      f4   c5       f4  bb      f   a
Bb/F         C/F          Bb/F          F
ue

Em         F         C       Dm         Em           F      Am
    Lonnie swept the playroom    and he swallowed up all he found

G6          F          C      Dm
It was forty eight hours till Lonnie came

f4   d5      f4   c5
Bb/F         C/F
around

Am7      Bm/A     C/F    Am
   Bring back the Boston Rag,

Am9                Bm/A            C/F     Am
     Tell all your buddies that it aint no drag

Am7        D/G      C/F    Am
     Bring back the Boston Rag

f4       e        d   e
Dm/A    Em/G     Dm/F     E7

piano:                          guitar:  a4............
e4 e  e  e   eb  e  e  e4  e  eb  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  ee
Am7          Ab7 Am7          Ab7 Am7         Ab7 Am7

e5               g4              a g a g a g a g a g a g a a
e4  e  e  e  d   e  e  e  e   eb  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  ee
Dm9          Dm7 Dm9          Ab7 Am7         Ab7 Am7

e5           c   d  c   g5 a
d4  d  d  dd c   c  c  cc  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  ee
F6           E7+5         Am7          Ab7 Am7

guitar solo:

e4 e  e  e   eb  e  e  e4  e  eb  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  e
Am7          Ab7 Am7          Ab7 Am7         Ab7 Am7

e4  e  e  e  d   e  e  e  e   eb  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  ee
Dm9          Dm7 Dm9          Ab7 Am7         Ab7 Am7

d4  d  d  dd c  c  c  cc  e  e  e  e  eb  e  e  e  ee
F6           E7+5        Am7          Ab7 Am7

|Am    Bm/A    |Am         |Am    Bm/A     |Am            |

Am7      Bm/A     C/F    Am
   Bring back the Boston Rag,

Am9               Bm/A            C/F     Am
     Tell all your buddies that it aint no drag

Am7      Bm/A     C/F    Am
   Bring back the Boston Rag,

Am9                Bm/A            C/F     Am
     Tell all your buddies that it aint no drag
                                       (you gotta bring it on home )

repeat and fade

transcription and chart
Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca

Submitted by jojo48 on 12.11.2005

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