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12th. Street Rag

Words by E. Bowman, Music by J. Sumner - 1914

Intro.:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	C#dim	G7	-
Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-	G7	-
-	-	C	-
-	-	G7	-
D7	-	G7	-
C	-	G7	-
-	-	C	-
-	C7	F	Ab7
C	D9        G7	C	-
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-	G7	-
-	-	C	-
-	-	G7	-
D7	-	G7	-
C	-	G7	-
-	-	C	-
C	C7	F            Ab7	C
D7	G7	C	(G7 to chorus)

8-beat count down to start of Intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

In a cer -tain ci -ty, where the girls are cute and pret -ty, they have a rag -gy jaz -zy jazz -time tune.

When you hear that syn -co -pat -ed Jazz cre -a -ted mel -o -dy you could dance all morn -ing night and noon,

When the slide trom -bone and moan -ing sax -o -phone be -gin to play. It will make you sad, 'twill make you glad

Oh! Boy, What Joy, Burn my clothes for I'm in Heav -en, Wish I had a mil -lion wo -men,

Sol -o -man in all his glo -ry, could have told an -oth -er sto -ry, Were he but liv -ing here to -day,

With his thou -sand wives or more, a Jazz -Band on some E -gypt shore, he could dance the night and day a -way.

I will tell you how they dance

That tant -a -liz -ing 12th. Street Rag.

 

Chorus:

First you slide and then you glide, then shim -mie for a while;

To the left then to the right "Lame Duck" "Get o -ver Sal"

Watch your step then Pi -rou -ette, Fox Trot, then squeeze your pal

O -ver you comes steal -ing such a fun -ny feel -ing 'til you feel your sen -ses reel -ing,

tant -a -liz -ing, hyp -no -tiz -ing, mes -mer -iz -ing strain,

I can't get e -nough of it please play it o'er a -gain;

I could dance for ev -er to this re -frain,

To that 12th. Street, Oh you 12th. Street Rag.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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