Boston Rag Chords
by Steely Dan
Boston Rag by Steely Dan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F/G, Em, Gm7, Fmaj7, Ebmaj7/5-, Dm7, Cm13, F, Bbmaj7, Am7, Em7/5-, A, Bm7/5-, Bb/F, F/A, Bb, Eb, C/F, C, Dm, G6, Bm/A, Am9, D/G, Dm/A, F6, E7, Am, Ab7, Dm9 and E7/5+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The Boston Rag
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|F/G Em |Gm7 Fmaj7 |Ebmaj7/5- Dm7 |Cm13 F |
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| Bbmaj7 Am7 |Em7/5- A |Dm7 Bm7/5- |Bb/F F/A Gm7 Bb Eb
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|Bb/F C/F |Bb/F F |Bb/F C/F |Bb/F F |
Em F C Dm
Any news was good news
Em F Am7
And the feeling was bad at home
G6 F C
I was out of mind and you
Dm
Were on the
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|Bb/F C/F |Bb/F F |
phone
Em F C Dm
Lonnie was the king pin
Em F Am7
Back in nineteen sixty-five
G6 F
I was singing this song
C Dm Bb/F F
When Lonnie came a live
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
Bring back the Boston rag
Am9 Bm/A
Tell all your buddies
C/F Am7
That it ain't no drag
Am7 D/G C/F
Bring back the Boston rag
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|Dm/A G6 |F6 | E7 |
2/4
Em F C Dm
You were lady bayside
Em F Am
There was nothing that I could do
G6 F
So I pointed my car down
C
Seventh aven-
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|Bb/F C/F |
-ue
Em F C Dm
Lonnie swept the playroom
Em F Am7
And he swallowed up all he found
G6 F
It was forty-eight hours til
C
Lonnie came a-
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|Bb/F C/F |Bb/F F |
round
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
Bring back the Boston rag
Am9 Bm/A
Tell all your buddies
C/F Am7
That it ain't no drag
Am7 D/G C/F
Bring back the Boston rag
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|Dm/A G6 |F6 | E7 |
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 |Am |Am Bm/A |Am |
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am
Bring back the Boston rag
Am9 Bm/A
Tell all your buddies
C/F Am
That it ain't no drag
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am
Bring back the Boston rag
Am9 Bm/A
Tell all your buddies
C/F Am
That it ain't no drag
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7
Bring back the Boston rag
Am9 Bm/A
Tell all your buddies
C/F Am
That it ain't no drag
Repeat. . . .
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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