Chords for Rare Scott Joplin song -- Maple Leaf Rag Song
Tempo:
92.95 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
B
Fm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
If you're thinking, what?
A Maple Leaf Rag isn't rare.
There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of it.
It's very popular.
Then you don't know what the word song means.
A song is sung.
Four years after the instrumental Maple Leaf Rag was published,
John Stark republished it as a song with words by Sydney Brown.
I'm going to present it here for you.
I was going to play it, but I never got around to doing it, so I just made a MIDI file.
And I'll put the lyrics on the [Bb] screen.
The lyrics are written in dialect.
It's like the Ebonics of the time.
The most interesting thing about this is that it's not really very singable.
He uses the first string, the least melodic part of Maple Leaf Rag.
So it's almost rappable, really.
It's more of a rap than a song.
It's like a 109, almost 110 year old rap here.
So here is the Maple Leaf Rag song.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [E] [Bb]
[Eb] [E] [Bb] [B] [Bb] [B]
[Bb] [Ebm] [B] [Eb]
[B] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[B] [Eb] [Bb] [E] [Bb]
[Eb] [C] [Bb]
[Fm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Bb] [Eb] [D] [C] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb]
[E] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [B]
[Bb] [B] [Bb] [Ebm] [B]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [Eb] [B]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] [C] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Cm] [D] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[B] [Bb] [B] [Ebm]
[B] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [B] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [N]
A Maple Leaf Rag isn't rare.
There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of it.
It's very popular.
Then you don't know what the word song means.
A song is sung.
Four years after the instrumental Maple Leaf Rag was published,
John Stark republished it as a song with words by Sydney Brown.
I'm going to present it here for you.
I was going to play it, but I never got around to doing it, so I just made a MIDI file.
And I'll put the lyrics on the [Bb] screen.
The lyrics are written in dialect.
It's like the Ebonics of the time.
The most interesting thing about this is that it's not really very singable.
He uses the first string, the least melodic part of Maple Leaf Rag.
So it's almost rappable, really.
It's more of a rap than a song.
It's like a 109, almost 110 year old rap here.
So here is the Maple Leaf Rag song.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [E] [Bb]
[Eb] [E] [Bb] [B] [Bb] [B]
[Bb] [Ebm] [B] [Eb]
[B] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[B] [Eb] [Bb] [E] [Bb]
[Eb] [C] [Bb]
[Fm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Bb] [Eb] [D] [C] [Fm]
[F] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb]
[E] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [B]
[Bb] [B] [Bb] [Ebm] [B]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [Eb] [B]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] [C] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Cm] [D] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[B] [Bb] [B] [Ebm]
[B] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [B] [Eb] [B] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
B
Fm
E
Eb
Bb
B
If you're thinking, what?
A Maple Leaf Rag isn't rare.
There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of it.
It's very popular.
Then you don't know what the word song means.
A song is sung.
Four years after the instrumental Maple Leaf Rag was published,
John Stark republished it as a song with words by Sydney Brown.
I'm going to present it here for you.
I was going to play it, but I never got around to doing it, so I just made a MIDI file.
And I'll put the lyrics on the [Bb] screen.
The lyrics are written in dialect.
It's like the Ebonics of the time.
_ The most interesting thing about this is that it's not really very singable.
He uses the first string, the least melodic part of Maple Leaf Rag.
So it's almost rappable, really.
It's more of a rap than a song.
It's like a 109, almost 110 year old rap here.
So here is the Maple Leaf Rag song. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[E] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
A Maple Leaf Rag isn't rare.
There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of it.
It's very popular.
Then you don't know what the word song means.
A song is sung.
Four years after the instrumental Maple Leaf Rag was published,
John Stark republished it as a song with words by Sydney Brown.
I'm going to present it here for you.
I was going to play it, but I never got around to doing it, so I just made a MIDI file.
And I'll put the lyrics on the [Bb] screen.
The lyrics are written in dialect.
It's like the Ebonics of the time.
_ The most interesting thing about this is that it's not really very singable.
He uses the first string, the least melodic part of Maple Leaf Rag.
So it's almost rappable, really.
It's more of a rap than a song.
It's like a 109, almost 110 year old rap here.
So here is the Maple Leaf Rag song. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[E] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _