Alexander's Ragtime Band

by Louis Armstrong. Bing Crosby · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND
By: Irving Berlin
Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby
Key: F

 3*  -3  3*  -3   3*  -3  3*  -3
Come on and hear Come on and hear
-3 3*-3    3    2   1    -2
Al-ex-an-der's Rag-time Band,
 5*  -5  5*  -5   5*  -5  5*  -5 
Come on and hear Come on and hear
 -5   5*  -5   -3* -2 -3*  -5
it's the best band in the land!
 -3  -3*  4   4 -5 -3   5
They can play a bu-gle call 
 -5  -3   5  5   -5   -3  5
like you nev-er heard be-fore,
-2 -3  1  -2  -3   1   -2  -2 -3 1  -2
So nat-ur-al that you want to go to war
  3     3   -3   -4   3   -3
That's just the best-est band 
 -4  4   -3* -3  3
what am, Hon-ey Lamb!
 3*  -3 3* -3    3*  -3 3* -3
Come on a-long  Come on a-long 
-3  3*  -3   3  2   1   -2
let me take you by the hand
4* -5  5* -5   5* -5  5* -5
Up to the man  Up to the man
 -5    5*  -5 -3* -2 -3*  -5
who's the lead-er of the band,
-3 -3* -4   4   4   4   -3
And if you care to hear the 
 3  -2  -3  3   -2    -6 -5   -6
Swa-nee Riv-er played in rag-time
 -4  4  -4   4    -4  4  -4   4
Come on and hear Come on and hear 
-5 5* -5   5   -3   3    -2
Al-ex-an-der's Rag-time Band.

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound