Steely Dan – Boston Rag (Guitar)
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THE BOSTON RAG
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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[intro]
|F/G Em |Gm7 Fmaj7 |Ebmaj7-5 Dm7 |Cm13 F | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |F Bbmaj7 Am7 |Em7-5 A |Dm7 Bm7-5 |Bb/F F/A Gm7 Bb/Eb| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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|F Bb/F F C/F |F Bb/F F |F Bb/F F C/F |F Bb/F F | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[verse 1]
Em F C Dm Any news was good news Em F Am7 And the feeling was bad at home G6 F C I was out of mind and you Dm Were on the
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|F Bb/F F C/F |F Bb/F F | * * * * * * * *
phone
[verse 2]
Em F C Dm Lonnie was the king pin Em F Am7 Back in nineteen sixty-five G6 F I was singing this song C Dm When Lonnie came a-
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|F Bb/F F C/F | * * * *
live
[chorus]
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7 Bring back the Boston rag Am9 Bm/A Tell all your buddies C/F Am7 That it ain't no drag Am7 D/G C/F Bring back the Boston rag |Dm/A G6 |F6 |E7 | * * * * * * * * * *
2/4
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|F Bb/F F C/F |F Bb/F F | * * * * * * * *
[verse 3]
Em F C Dm You were late at bayside Em F Am There was nothing that I could do G6 F So I pointed my car down C Dm Seventh aven-
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|F Bb/F F C/F |F Bb/F F | * * * * * * * *
nue
[verse 4]
Em F C Dm Lonnie swept the playroom Em F Am7 And he swallowed up all he found G6 F It was forty-eight hours til C Dm Lonnie came a-
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|F Bb/F F C/F | * * * *
live
[chorus]
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7 Bring back the Boston rag Am9 Bm/A Tell all your buddies C/F That it ain't no drag Am7 D/G C/F Bring back the Boston rag |Dm/A G6 |F6 |E7 | * * * * * * * * * *
2/4
[piano]
|Am7 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm9 Dm7 |Dm9 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |F6 |E7+5 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[guitar solo]
|Am7 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm9 Dm7 |Dm9 Ab7 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |F6 |E7+5 |Am7 Ab7 |Am7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Am Bm/A |Am |Am Bm/A |Am | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[chorus]
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am Bring back the Boston rag Am9 Bm/A Tell all your buddies C/F Am That it ain't no drag Am7 Bm/A C/F Am Bring back the Boston rag Am9 Bm/A Tell all your buddies C/F Am That it ain't no drag
[chorus/closing sequence]]
Am7 Bm/A C/F Am7 Bring back the Boston rag Am9 Bm/A Tell all your buddies C/F Am That it ain't no drag
Repeat. . . .