Poptunes (zack26)


Sometimes he plays an Ab minor chord instead of Ab major.  I hear Ab minor on the first two verses and Ab major on the last two.

  Eb                               Bb7
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
  Eb                               Bb7
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
  Cm             Ab(m)        Eb              Bb7  (free time)
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |

             Eb
Monkey middle with a fiddle
          Bb7
And a real tight ragtime band
              Eb
Calls and plays of fame and fortune
               Bb7
Heard so loud across the land
                Cm            Ab(m)
And those little people buy those records
       Eb                 Bb7
Sit lonely in their homes
      
With funny faces falling into the great unknown

They got little polka-dot undies
And you know they have their fun
They got matching ties and curtains
And they get their washing done
But come evening comes that feeling
When they lay their burden down
When they put that record on

The house is jumping with excitement
Everyone’s acting out of character
But everything goes back to normal
A half an hour later
And everyone acts like nothing happened
As that record goes back in the sleeve
That’s one house guest that’ll never leave

Monkey middle with a fiddle
And a real tight ragtime band
Calls and plays of fame and fortune
Heard so loud across the land
And those little people buy those records
Sit lonely in their homes
With funny faces falling into the great unknown


Eb isn’t the friendliest guitar key.  Here’s a version in D that’s much easier.

  D                                A7
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
  D                                A7
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
  Bm             G(m)           D              A7  (free time)
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |