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- Tiger Rag
- Words by Harry
DeCosta, Music by Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1917
| Verse: |
| Bb |
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- F7 |
Bb |
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- F7 |
Bb |
| C7 |
F Cdim |
C7 |
F |
| C7 |
F Cdim |
C7 |
F F7 |
| Bb |
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- F7 |
Bb |
| - |
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- F7 |
Bb |
| Chorus: |
| Bb |
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| - |
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F7 |
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| - |
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| - |
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Bb |
- C7 |
| Bb |
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| - Ebm Edim |
Bb7 Bb+ |
Eb Bb7 |
Eb |
| Edim |
- |
Bb |
G7 |
| C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
- Bb7 |
| Interlude: |
| Eb |
- Bb7 |
Eb |
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| - |
- |
Bb |
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| - |
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Eb |
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| F7 |
- |
Bb |
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| - |
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Eb |
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| Bb7 |
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Eb |
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| Bb7 |
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Eb |
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| Ab Eb7 |
Ab B7 |
Bb7 |
Eb F7 |
| Final
Chorus: |
| Bb |
- |
- |
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| - Ebm Edim |
Bb7 Bb+ |
Eb Bb7 |
Eb |
| Edim |
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Bb Bb7 |
G7 |
| C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
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- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- Long ago 'way down in the
jungle, Someone got an inspiration for a tune,
- And that jingle brought
from the jungle, Became famous mighty soon.
- Thrills and chills it sends
thru you!
- Hot! so hot, it burns you
too!
- Tho' it's just the growl
of the tiger, It was written in a syncopated way,
- More and more they howl
for the "Tiger," Ev'rywhere you go today, They're shoutin':
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- Chorus:
- Where's that Tiger! Where's
that Tiger!
- Where's that Tiger! Where's
that Tiger!
- Hold that Tiger! Hold that
Tiger!
- Hold that Tiger! Choke him,
poke him, kick him and soak him!
- Where's that Tiger? Where's
that Tiger?
- Where, Oh where can he be?
- Low or Highbrow, They all
cry now:
- "Please play that Tiger
Rag for me."
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- Interlude:
- Lay right on that jungle
serenade.
- There's no greater melody
played.
- Shoot those low notes, Fast
and slow notes,
- 'Til that Tiger has been
slayed!
- Whip it hard 'til it moans,
Whip it hard 'til it growns,
- Let 'er rip start to clip
it's claws.
- Leader man on your feet,
Leader man start to beat,
- That old Tiger If you want
applause. Oh!
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- Final Chorus:
- Where's that Tiger? Where's
that Tiger?
- Where, Oh where can he be?
- Low or Highbrow, They all
cry now:
- "Please play that Tiger
Rag for me."
- _______
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen
to Roy Smeck perform "Tiger Rag" (youtube, timestamp
10:48)
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- Listen to Larry Kennedy
perform "Tiger Rag" (mp3)
- Recorded at 39 Main
Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- The chord names should
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com