Play A Simple Melody Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

Play A Simple Melody by Bing Crosby is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E7, Cdim, E, E7sus4 and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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  			Part A:  
 A    E7   A     Cdim   E7   
Won't you play a simple melody,   
E7      Cdim    E       A   Cdim  E7   E7sus4   
Like my mother sang to me?   
A    E7   A       Cdim      E7   
One with good old-fashioned harmony   
E7     Cdim    E   A  D9  A   E7   
Play a simple melody.   

Part B:  
A              E7                         A                          Cdim             E7  
Musical demon, set your honey a dreamin', won't you play me some rag?  
                  E7          Cdim      E     A        Cdim  E7   E7sus4   
Just change that classical drag to some sweet musical nag.   
                     A                 E7        A                Cdim                     E7      Cdim    
And if you play from a copy of a tune that is choppy, you'll get all my applause,  
                   E7       Cdim    E         E7       Cdim  E    A          D9  A  E7  
And and that is simply because I want to listen to rag. 


(Part A is sung first, then part B, then Part A and B simultaneously.)  



    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante