Ragtime Chords

[Intro]
A   E  F#m   E  x2
 
[Verse 1]
A                 E       F#m              E
  Last night, late, I was watching it snow
A                 E              F#m    E
  It always goes sideways in the city
A                   E         F#m                     E
  It comes right out from the street lights, you know
A                     E          F#m
  Pumped out by an engine deep inside the earth's core
            E           A
It goes sideways in the city
 
[Instrumental]
(A)  E  F#m   E
 A   E  F#m   E
 
[Verse 2]
A                 E     F#m           E
  Cover the shapes and erase the date
A                  E           F#m       E
  This could be any evening in any place
A                    E            F#m
  The blizzard blows from left to right
                E                     A                 E      D
Which is funny 'cause the piano's playing "Summertime", from 1935
    Bm                  A       D
So sounds the alarm of ragtime
E                     A
It's ragtime keeping time
 
[Instrumental]
(A)  E  F#m   E
 A   E  F#m   E
 
[Verse 3]
A                   E       F#m
  Brave to the waves of its residue
         E          A
Its laughter from a marbled room
          E                 F#m
The white-crowned sounds of possible
          E          A
The sound that lures me
        E            F#m
It says, "Don't you hurry
              E                A
Don't you worry, kid, we'll be seeing you
           E               F#m    E
We'll see you when you're ready."
 
[Chorus]
D    Bm    D    Bm
 
[Instrumental]
A   E  F#m   E  x2
 
[Verse 4]
A                  E       F#m
  Ragtime turning out the sun and moon
         E        A
Its gravity is soothing
         E        F#m
It winds me in a sleep cocoon
             E               A
I'll reveal myself when I'm ready
E        F#m              E
  I'll reveal myself invincible soon
 
[Chorus]
D    Bm    D    Bm
 
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange
 
D
There's a wisdom that's woe
D
And a woe that's madness
Bm
There's a wisdom that's woe
Bm
And a woe that's madness
D
There's a wisdom that's woe
D
And a woe that's madness
Bm
There's a wisdom that's woe
Bm
(I am one and the same)
Bm
And a woe that's madness
Bm
(I am useful and strange)
 
[Outro]
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange
Bm
(There's a wisdom that's woe)
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
D
I am one and the same
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