• Song:

    Boston Rag

  • Artist:

    Steely Dan

  • Album:

    1974-04-30: Memphis, TN...

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The Boston Rag

^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
|F/G     Em (022000@1)  |Gm7     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)|Ebmaj7-5 Dm7    |Cm13    F (133211@1)   |

^    ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^  ^    ^    ^    ^
|    Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)name="chord_x02010@1">Am7    |Em7-5   A (x02220@1)    |Dm7    Bm7-5  |Bb/F F/AGm7 (x03211@1)Bb/Eb|

^    ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^    ^    ^
|Bb/F     C/F (x4111x@5)   |Bb/F    F (133211@1)    |Bb/F    C/F (x4111x@5)   |Bb/F     F (133211@1)     |



Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)  Any news was good news

Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)    Am7And (x02010@1)the feeling was bad at home

G6 (320000@1)   F (133211@1)       CI (x32010@1)was out of mind and you

DmWere (xx0231@1)on the

^    ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   
|Bb/F    C/F (x4111x@5)   |Bb/F     F (133211@1)     |
phone

Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1) 
   Lonnie was the king pin

Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)   Am7Back (x02010@1)in nineteen sixty-five

G6 (320000@1)         FI (133211@1)was singing this song

C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb/F (102220@1)    F (133211@1)
When Lonnie came a live

Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm/A (x04440@1)   C/F (x4111x@5)  Am7 (x02010@1)   Bring back the Boston rag

Am9 (x02413@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)   Tell all your buddies

C/F (x4111x@5)    Am7That (x02010@1)it ain't no drag

Am7 (x02010@1)     D/G (300232@1)    C/F (x4111x@5)   Bring back the Boston rag

^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    
|Dm/A    G6 (320000@1)   |F6    | E7 (020130@1)          |
                  2/4

Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  You were lady bayside

Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)     AmThere (x02210@1)was nothing that I could do

G6 (320000@1)       FSo (133211@1)I pointed my car down

CSeventh (x32010@1)aven-

^    ^    ^   ^   
|Bb/F    C/F (x4111x@5)   |
-ue

Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1) Lonnie swept the playroom

Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)     Am7And (x02010@1)he swallowed up all he found

G6 (320000@1)        FIt (133211@1)was forty-eight hours til

CLonnie (x32010@1)came a-

^    ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   
|Bb/F    C/F (x4111x@5)   |Bb/F     F (133211@1)     |
round

Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm/A (x04440@1)   C/F (x4111x@5)  Am7 (x02010@1)   Bring back the Boston rag

Am9 (x02413@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)   Tell all your buddies



C/F (x4111x@5)    Am7That (x02010@1)it ain't no drag

Am7 (x02010@1)     D/G (300232@1)    C/F (x4111x@5)   Bring back the Boston rag

^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    
|Dm/A    G6 (320000@1)   |F6    | E7 (020130@1)          |
                  2/4

|Am7         Ab7|Am7           Ab7|Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|Dm9         Dm7|Dm9           Ab7|Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|F6             |E7+5             |Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|Am7         Ab7|Am7           Ab7|Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|Dm9         Dm7|Dm9           Ab7|Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|F6             |E7+5             |Am7          Ab7|Am7        |



|Am    Bm/A (x04440@1)   |Am               |Am     Bm/A (x04440@1)   |Am         |



Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm/A (x04440@1)   C/F (x4111x@5)  Am (x02210@1)   Bring back the Boston rag

Am9 (x02413@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)   Tell all your buddies

C/F (x4111x@5)    AmThat (x02210@1)it ain't no drag

Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm/A (x04440@1)   C/F (x4111x@5)  Am (x02210@1)   Bring back the Boston rag

Am9 (x02413@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)   Tell all your buddies

C/F (x4111x@5)    AmThat (x02210@1)it ain't no drag

Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm/A (x04440@1)   C/F (x4111x@5)  Am7 (x02010@1)   Bring back the Boston rag

Am9 (x02413@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)   Tell all your buddies

C/F (x4111x@5)    AmThat (x02210@1)it ain't no drag

Repeat. . . .

Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com


                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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