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ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
1911
  WORDS AND MUSIC BY IRVING BERLIN (Info)


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(4 Bar Intro)

VERSE 1

                                C                         C7
                                 OH, MA HON-EY, OH, MA HON-EY,
                              F                  Dm7      G7
                              BET-TER HUR-RY AND LET'S ME-AN-DER
                              C
                              AIN'T YOU GO-IN', AIN'T YOU GO-IN',
                            D7                  G7
                            TO THE LEAD-ER MAN, RAG-GED ME-TER MAN?
                                 C                         C7
                                 OH, MA HON-EY, OH, MA HON-EY,
                F                  Dm7   G7       C     C7     F         C°
                LET ME TAKE YOU TO AL-EX-AN-DER'S GRAND STAND, BRASSBAND,
                                   C          G7       C     C7
                                  AIN'T YOU COM-IN' A-LONG?

VERSE 2

                                 C                        C7
                                 OH,MA HON-EY, OH, MA HON-EY
                        F                      Dm7
                        THERE'S A FID-DLE WITH  NOTES THAT SCREECH-ES,
                               C
                               LIKE A CHICK-EN,LIKE A CHICK-EN
                            D7                 G7
                            AND THE CLAR-IN-ET IS A COL-ORED PET,
                             C                                C7
                             COME AND LIST-EN, COME AND LIS-TEN,
                           F                Dm7         G7
                           TO A CLASS-I-CAL  BAND WHAT'S PEACH-ES,
                          C    C7   F    C°   C       G7       C    C7
                          COME NOW, SOME-HOW, BET-TER HUR-RY A-LONG

CHORUS

                             F
                             COME ON AND HEAR, COME ON AND HEAR,
                                C7               F
                                AL-EX-AN-DER'S RAG-TIME BAND,
                             F           Bb
                             COME ON AND HEAR, COME ON AND HEAR,
                               Bb
                               IT'S THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND,
                F                                                   F
                THEY CAN PLAY A BU-GLE CALL LIKE YOU NEV-ER HEARDBE-FORE,
                                            F
                          SO NAT-UR-AL THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR;
                    C               G7                 C   C7
                    THAT'S JUST THE BEST-EST BAND WHAT AM, HON-EY LAMB,
                              C7        F
                              COME ON A-LONG, COME ON A-LONG,
                                      C7              F
                               LET ME TAKE YOU BY THE HAND,
                               F         Bb
                               UP TO THE MAN, UP TO THE MAN,

                               WHO'S THE LEAD-ER OF THE BAND.
                                    F7
                         AND IF YOU CARE TO HEAR THE SWA-NEE RIV-ER
                                     Bb           F°
                                     PLAYED IN RAG-TIME,
                            F
                            COME ON AND HEAR, COME ON AND HEAR,
                               F°    C7                F
                               AL-EX-AN-DER'S RAG-TIME BAND

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