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Alexander's Ragtime Band – The Andrews Sisters
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Written by: Irving Berlin
From: "Irving Berlin Songs" (1951)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab (Verses and Intro) / Db (Chorus)
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A#dim/C# x-4-2-3-2-x
G7/F 1-x-3-0-0-x
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
C/B x-2-x-0-1-0
C/A x-0-2-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
D7/F# 2-x-0-2-1-2
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
C#9 x-4-3-4-4-x
C9 x-3-2-3-3-x
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Intro
| [G] | [C] [A#dim/C#] | [D] | [D7] |
Verse
[G] [G]
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
[C] [D]
Better hurry and let's meander
[G] [G]
Ain't you goin', ain't you goin'
[A7] [D7]
To the leader man, ragged meter man?
[G] [G]
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
[C] [D]
Let me take you to Alexander's
[G] [G7/F] [C/E] [A#dim/C#]
Grand stand, brass band
[D7] [G7]
Ain't you comin' along?
(break)
[Chorus A]
[C]
Come on and hear
[C]
Come on and hear
[G7] [C]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
It's the best band in the land
[C]
They can play a bugle call
[C]
Like you never heard before
[C] [C/B] [C/A] [C/G]
So natural that you want to go to war
[D7] [G] [G7]
That's just the bestest band what am, my Honey Lamb!
[Chorus B]
[C]
Come on along
[C]
Come on along
[G7] [C]
Let me take you by the hand
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Who's the leader of the band
[C] [C7]
And if you care to hear that "Swanee River”
[F] [D7/F#]
Played in ragtime
[C]
Come on and hear
[Am]
Come on and hear
[D7] [G7] [C]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
[Solo] scat vocals
| [C] | % | % | [Caug] |
| [C] [C/E] | [F] [D7/F#] | [G] | % |
(break)
[Chorus A]
[C]
Come on and hear
[D7] [G7] [C]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
Come on and hear
[F]
It's the best band in the land
[C6]
They can play a bugle call
[C]
Like you never heard before
[C] [C/A] [C/A] [C/G]
So natural that you want to go to war
[D7] [G] [G7]
That's just the bestest band what am, oh, Honey Lamb!
[Chorus B]
[C]
Come on along
[C]
Come on along
[G7] [C]
Let me take you by the hand
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Who's the leader of the band
[C] [C7]
And if you care to hear that "Swanee River”
[F] [D7/F#]
Played in ragtime
[C]
Come on and hear, let's hear
[C]
Let's hear
[D7] [G7] [C]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Instrumental
| [G] | % | [D7] | [G] |
Ah, here they come!
| [C] | % | % | % |
| [G] | % | % | % |
| [A7] | % | [D7] | [G] |
[Chorus B]
[C]
Come on along
[C]
Come on along
[G7] [C]
Let me take you by the hand
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Up to the man
[F]
Who's the leader of the band
[C] [C7]
And if you care to hear that "Swanee River”
[F] [D7/F#]
Played in ragtime
[C]
Come on and hear
[C]
Come on and hear
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [C#9] [C9]
Alexander's Ragtime Band
