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  			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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