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Play A Simple Melody

Bing Crosby

OtherAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

A×
E7
CdimDiagram coming soon
E
D9Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Part A:  
 A    E7   A     Cdim   E7   
Won't you play a simple melody,   
E7      Cdim    E       A   Cdim  E7   E7sus4   
Like my mother sang to me?   
A    E7   A       Cdim      E7   
One with good old-fashioned harmony   
E7     Cdim    E   A  D9  A   E7   
Play a simple melody.   
 
Part B:  
A              E7                         A                          Cdim             E7  
Musical demon, set your honey a dreamin', won't you play me some rag?  
                  E7          Cdim      E     A        Cdim  E7   E7sus4   
Just change that classical drag to some sweet musical nag.   
                     A                 E7        A                Cdim                     E7      Cdim    
And if you play from a copy of a tune that is choppy, you'll get all my applause,  
                   E7       Cdim    E         E7       Cdim  E    A          D9  A  E7  
And and that is simply because I want to listen to rag. 
 
 
(Part A is sung first, then part B, then Part A and B simultaneously.)  
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

A · E7 · Cdim · E · D9 · B

Practice tip

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