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Alexander's Ragtime Band

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - 1911

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-          C7	F	Dm7      G7
C	-	D7	G7
C	-          C7	F	Dm7      G7
C          C7	F       F#dim	C        G7	C           C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	C7	F
Bb	-	-	-
F	-	-	-
C	G7	C	-
F	-	C7	F
Bb	-	-	-
F7	-	Bb	Fdim
F	-	C7	F     (C7  to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Oh, ma hon -ey, Oh, ma hon -ey, Bet -ter hur -ry and let's me -an -der,

Ain't you go -in', Ain't you go -in', To the lead -er man rag -ged me -ter man?

Oh, ma hon -ey, Oh, ma hon -ey, Let me take you to Al -ex -an -der's

Grand stand, brass band, Ain't you com -in' a long?

 

Chorus:

Come on and hear, Come on and hear Al -ex -an -der's Rag -time Band,

Come on and hear, Come on and hear, It's the best band in the land,

They can play a bu-gle call like you nev-er heard be-fore, So nat-ur-al that you want to go to war;

That's just the best-est band what am, hon-ey lamb,

Come on a long, Come on a long, Let me take you by the hand,

Up to the man, Up to the man, who's the lead-er of the band,

And if you care to hear the Swa-nee Riv-er played in rag-time,

Come on and hear, Come on and hear Al -ex -an -der's Rag -time Band.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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