Alexander's Ragtime Band

Bee Gees

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
(G7)            C 
    Come on and hear, Come on and hear 
    G7              C 
Alexander's ragtime band. 
            F 
Come on and hear, Come on and hear 
 
It's the best band in the land. 
         C 
They can play a bugle call 
 
Like you've never heard before, 
 
So natural that you want to go to war. 
D7                                G7 
That's just the bestest band what am, Honey lamb. 
 
        C 
Come on along, Come on along 
       G7              C 
Let me take you by the hand. 
          F 
Up to the man, Up to the man 
 
Who's the leader of the Band. 
           C                 C7 
And if you care to hear that Swanee River 
F 
Played in ragtime, 
            C 
Come on and hear, Come on and hear 
    F       G7      C 
Alexander's ragtime band!!

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Chord set

G7 · C · F · D7 · C7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.