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Alexander's Ragtime Band – Billy Murray
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Written by: Irving Berlin
Key: C (Verses and Intro) / F (Chorus)
Published in 1911
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C x-3-2-0-1-0
C/Bb x-1-2-0-1-0
F/A x-0-3-2-1-1
F#dim7 2-x-1-2-1-x or x-x-1-2-1-2
Bb x-1-3-3-3-1
Bb/A x-0-3-3-3-x
Bb/G 3-x-3-3-3-x
Bb/F 1-x-3-3-3-x
Bdim7 x-2-3-1-3-x
F x-x-3-2-1-1
F/E x-x-2(2)1-1
F/E x-x-0-2-1-1
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
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Intro
| [C] | [C7] | [F] | [E] [G] |
| [C] | [G7] | [C] | [G7] |
Verse 1
[C] [C]
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
[F] [G]
Better hurry and let's meander
[C] [C]
Ain't you goin', ain't you goin'
[D7] [G7]
To the leader man, ragged meter man?
[C] [C]
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
[F] [G]
Let me take you to Alexander's
[C] [C/Bb] [F/A] [F#dim7]
Grand stand, brass band
[G7] | [C] [C7] [C] |
Ain't you comin' along?
[Chorus A]
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[C7] [F]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
| [Bb] [Bb/A] |
Come on and hear
| [Bb/G] [Bb/F] |
Come on and hear
[Bb]
It's the best band in the land
[F]
They can play a bugle call
[F]
Like you never heard before
[F] [F]
So natural that you want to go to war
[G7] [C7] [C7]
That's just the bestest band what am, oh, Honey Lamb!
[Chorus B]
[F]
Come on along
[F]
Come on along
[C7] [F]
Let me take you by the hand
| [Bb] [Bb/A] |
Up to the man
| [Bb/G] [Bb/F] |
The funny man
[Bb]
Who's the leader of the band
[F] [F7]
And if you care to hear “The Swanee River”
[Bb] [Bdim7]
Played in ragtime
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[C7] [F]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Interlude
| [C] | [C7] | [F] | [E] [G] |
| [C] | [G7] | [C] | [G7] |
Verse 2
[C] [C]
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
[F] [G]
There's a fiddle with notes that screeches
[C] [C]
Yes, like a chicken, like a chicken
[D7] [G7]
And the clarinet, is a colored pet
[C] [C]
Come and listen, come and listen
[F] [G]
To a classical band what's peaches
[C] [C/Bb] [F/A] [F#dim7]
Come now, some how
[G7] | [C] [C7] [C] |
Better hurry along
[Chorus A]
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[C7] [F]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
| [Bb] [Bb/A] |
Come on and hear
| [Bb/G] [Bb/F] |
Come on and hear
[Bb]
It's the best band in the land
[F]
They can play a bugle call
[F]
Like you never heard before
[F] [F]
So natural that you want to go to war
[G7] [C7] [C7]
That's just the bestest band what am, oh, Honey Lamb!
[Chorus B]
[F]
Come on along
[F]
Come on along
[C7] [F]
Let me take you by the hand
| [Bb] [Bb/A] |
Up to the man
| [Bb/G] [Bb/F] |
The funny man
[Bb]
Who's the leader of the band
[F] [F7]
And if you care to hear “The Swanee River”
[Bb] [Bdim7]
Played in ragtime
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[C7] [F]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
[Chorus A]
| [F] [F/E] | [F/D] [F/C] | [C7] | [F] |
(instrumental)
| [Bb] [Bb/A] | [Bb/G] [Bb/F] | [Bb] | % |
(instrumental)
[F]
They can play a bugle call
[F]
Like you never heard before
| N.C. | % |
(instrumental)
[G7] [C7] [C7]
Ain’t that just the bestest band what am, oh, Honey Lamb!
[Chorus B]
| [F] [F/E] | [F/D] [F/C] | [C7] | [F] |
(instrumental)
| [Bb] [Bb/A] | [Bb/G] [Bb/F] | [Bb] | % |
(instrumental)
| [F] | [F7] | [Bb] | [Bdim7] |
(instrumental)
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[C7] [F] [F]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
