Alexanders Ragtime Band chords by Ray Charles

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
AbAb BbM7Bbm7 Eb7Eb7 (3x)

Verse:
AbAb        Ab6Ab6        AbAb     Ab7Ab7
Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's Ragtime Band
DbDb        Db6Db6        DbDb      Db7Db7
Come on and hear, come on and hear, the best band in the land
AbAb                 Ab7Ab7
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before
F minorFm         Fm7Fm7
So natural that you want to go to war
Bb majorBb       Bb7Bb7        Eb MajorEb   Eb7Eb7
That's just the bestest band what am, oh, honey lamb!

Chorus:
AbAb       Ab6Ab6      AbAb       Ab7Ab7
Come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand
DbDb        Db6Db6       DbDb        Db7Db7
To meet the man, to meet the man, who's the leader of the band
AbAb           Ab7Ab7        DbDb    DbmDbm
And if you want to hear that Swanee River played in ragtime
AbAb        Ab6Ab6        AbAb        Ab7Ab7
Come on and hear, come on and hear, come on and hear, come on and hear
Eb MajorEb          Eb7Eb7        AbAb Eb7Eb7 AbAb
Come on and hear that Alexander Ragtime Band

Solo:
AbAb Ab6Ab6 AbAb Ab7Ab7
DbDb Db6Db6 DbDb Db7Db7
(3x)
AbAb Ab6Ab6 AbAb Ab7Ab7
DbDb Db6Db6 DbDb Eb7Eb7

Chorus:
AbAb       Ab6Ab6      AbAb       Ab7Ab7
Come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand
DbDb        Db6Db6       DbDb        Db7Db7
To meet the man, to meet the man, who's the leader of the band
AbAb           Ab7Ab7        DbDb    DbmDbm
And if you want to hear that Swanee River played in ragtime
AbAb        Ab6Ab6        AbAb        Ab7Ab7
Come on and hear, come on and hear, come on and hear, come on and hear
Eb MajorEb          Eb7Eb7        AbAb Eb7Eb7 AbAb Ab7Ab7
Come on and hear that Alexander Ragtime Band

Outro:
DbDb DbmDbm AbAb AbmAbm
DbDb DbmDbm Eb MajorEb Eb7Eb7 AbAb
Eb7Eb7 Db7Db7 Abmaj