Key: F
Introduction:
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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C/F F
phone
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 Bb/F F
When Lonnie came a live
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
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G6 E7
2/4
Em F C Dm
You were lady bayside
Em F Am
There was nothing that I could do
G6 F
So I pointed my car down
C
Seventh aven-
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C/F
-ue
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
Lonnie came a-
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C/F F
round
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
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G6 E7
2/4
Am7 Ab7 Am7 Ab7 Am7 Ab7 Am7
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
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. . . .