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- 12th Street Rag
- Words by E. Bowman,
Music by J. Sumner - 1914
| Intro: |
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C#dim |
G7 |
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| Verse: |
| C |
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G7 |
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C |
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G7 |
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| D7 |
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G7 |
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| C |
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G7 |
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C |
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C7 |
F |
Ab7 |
| C |
D9 G7 |
C |
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| Chorus: |
| C |
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G7 |
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C |
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G7 |
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| D7 |
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G7 |
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| C |
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G7 |
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C |
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| C |
C7 |
F Ab7 |
C |
| D7 |
G7 |
C |
(G7 to
chorus) |
- 8-beat count down to start
of Intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- In a certain city, where
the girls are cute and pretty, they have a raggy jazzy jazztime
tune.
- When you hear that syncopated
Jazz created melody you could dance all morning night and noon,
- When the slide trombone
and moaning saxophone begin to play. It will make you sad, 'twill
make you glad.
- Oh! Boy, What Joy, Burn
my clothes for I'm in Heaven, Wish I had a million women,
- Soloman in all his glory,
could have told another story, Were he but living here today,
- With his thousand wives
or more, a JazzBand on some Egypt shore, he could dance the night
and day away.
- I will tell you how they
dance,
- That tantalizing 12th Street
Rag.
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- Chorus:
- First you slide and then
you glide, then shimmie for a while;
- To the left then to the
right "Lame Duck," "Get over Sal,"
- Watch your step then Pirouette,
Fox Trot, then squeeze your pal
- Over you comes stealing
such a funny feeling 'til you feel your senses reeling,
- tantalizing, hypnotizing,
mesmerizing strain,
- I can't get enough of it
please play it o'er again;
- I could dance for ever to
this refrain,
- To that 12th Street, Oh
you 12th Street Rag.
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- Jim plays
"12th Street Rag" on the 5-string banjo (youtube, timestamp
1:25)
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- Listen to Dave Marty play
"12 Street Rag" (mp3)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com