Play a Simple Melody
Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin
Key: A
Tempo: 138
1914

Chords and lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer
For Educational Purposes Only
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Intro:

ABdimBm7E7
   

Part 1:

A                Cdim   Bm7  E7
Won’t you play a simple melo dy
        Bm7    E7      A  BdimBm7E7
Like my mother sang to me

A                   Cdim       Bm7    E7
One with a good old  fashioned harmon y
          Bm7    E7   A E7
Play some simple melo dy

Part 2:

A
Musical demon set your honey a dreamin’
Cdim      E7
Won’t you play me some rag

                           Bm7E7
Just change that classical nag
              A         A#dimBm7E7
To some sweet beautiful drag

            A
If you will play from a copy of a
Tune that is choppy
Cdim       E7
You’ll get all my applause
                      Bm7  E7
And that is simply be cause
                  A  E7A
I wanna listen to rag

Part 3:

Two vocalists sing each part simultaneously