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The Varsity Drag

Words by Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown, Music by Ray Henderson - 1927

Verse:
C7	-	-	-
Fm	-	-	-
G7	Ab7	A7	Bb7
C7	-	-	-
Fm	-	-	-
G7	Ab7	G7	Ab7   Eb   B   G7
Chorus:
C	C7	F	Fm
C	Cdim	G7	-
C	C7	F	Fm
C	Cdim         G7	C	B7
E	Am             E	Am            E	-              G7
C	Fm             C	F               C	G7
C	C7	F	Fm
C	Cdim         G7	C	-  (G7  to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

We've always thought, knowledge is naught; We should be taught to dance.

Right here at Tait, We're up to date; We teach a great new dance.

Don't think that I brag. I speak of the Drag.

Why should a Shiek learn how to speak Latin or Greek badly?

Give him a neat motto complete, "Say it with feet gladly!"

First lesson right now; You'll love it and how you'll love it!

 

Chorus:

Here is the Drag, See how it goes. Down on the heels, up on the toes.

That's the way to do the Varsity Drag.

Hotter than hot, Newer than new. Meaner than mean, Bluer than blue.

Gets as much applause as waving the Flag.

You can pass many a class, whether your dumb or wise.

If you all answer the call, when your professor cries: Ev'rybody

Down on the heels, up on the toes, Stay after school, Learn how it goes.

Ev'rybody do the Varsity Drag.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Sean Moyses perform "Varsity Drag" on the plectrum banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com