the boston rag

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| F/G Em | Gm7 Fmaj7 | D#maj7 – 5 Dm7 | Cm13 F |

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| A#maj7 Am7 | Em7 – 5 A | Dm7 Bm7 – 5 | A#/F F/A Gm7 [ ch ] A#/D# [ /Ch ] |

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| A#/F C/F | A#/F F | A#/F C/F | A#/F F |

Em F C Dm
any news was good news

Em F Am7
and the feeling was bad at home

G6 F C
i was out of mind and you

Dm
were on the

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| A#/F C/F | A#/F F |
phone

Em F C Dm
lonnie was the king pin

Em F Am7
back in nineteen sixty – five

G6 F
i was singing this song

C Dm A#/F F
when lonnie came a live

Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
bring back the boston rag

Am9 Bm/A
tell all your buddies

C/F Am7
that it ain’t no drag

Am7 D/G C/F
bring back the boston rag

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| [ ch ] Dm/A [ /Ch ] G6 | F6 | E7 |
2/4

Em F C Dm
you were lady bayside

Em F Am
there was nothing that i could do

G6 F
so i pointed my car down

C
seventh aven –

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| A#/F C/F |
– ue

Em F C Dm
lonnie swept the playroom

Em F Am7
and he swallowed up all he found

G6 F
it was forty – eight hours til

C
lonnie came A –

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| A#/F C/F | A#/F F |
round

Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
bring back the boston rag

Am9 Bm/A
tell all your buddies

C/F Am7
that it ain’t no drag

Am7 D/G C/F
bring back the boston rag

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| [ ch ] Dm/A [ /Ch ] G6 | F6 | E7 |
2/4

| Am7 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

| Dm9 Dm7 | Dm9 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

| F6 | E7+5 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

| Am7 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

| Dm9 Dm7 | Dm9 G#7 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

| F6 | E7+5 | Am7 G#7 | Am7 |

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

Am7 Bm/A C/F Am
bring back the boston rag

Am9 Bm/A
tell all your buddies

C/F Am
that it ain’t no drag

Am7 Bm/A C/F Am
bring back the boston rag

Am9 Bm/A
tell all your buddies

C/F Am
that it ain’t no drag

Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
bring back the boston rag

Am9 Bm/A
tell all your buddies

C/F Am
that it ain’t no drag

repeat . . . .

transcription and chart
peter kruger
casparus60@yahoo . com