Chords for Big Fat Ham-Jelly Roll Morton-Bryan Wright-2011 Central Pennsylvania Ragtime Festival
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I'd like to start out with a piece written by Jelly Roll Morton.
feels weird to stand in [A] a church and look [Ab] at the paintings on the walls and talk about Jelly Roll [Db] Morton.
His nickname did not come from a cake.
the brothels around New Orleans [Db]
and developed a very unique style of playing ragtime.
first [Ab] jazz pianists.
said at one point that he [N] invented jazz on a Sunday morning in 1904.
Whether you buy that or not, he certainly had quite [Gb] an influence on development in jazz.
feels weird to stand in [A] a church and look [Ab] at the paintings on the walls and talk about Jelly Roll [Db] Morton.
His nickname did not come from a cake.
the brothels around New Orleans [Db]
and developed a very unique style of playing ragtime.
first [Ab] jazz pianists.
said at one point that he [N] invented jazz on a Sunday morning in 1904.
Whether you buy that or not, he certainly had quite [Gb] an influence on development in jazz.
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_ I'd like to start out with a piece _ written by Jelly Roll Morton.
_ It feels weird to stand in [A] a church and look [Ab] at the paintings on the walls and talk about Jelly Roll [Db] Morton. _ _ _ _
_ _ His nickname did not come from a cake.
_ He was [Eb] a pianist in the brothels around New Orleans _ [Db]
and developed a very unique style of playing ragtime.
_ _ [E] He claimed to be one of the first [Ab] jazz pianists.
_ I've heard that he said at one point that he [N] invented jazz on a Sunday morning in _ 1904. _
Whether you buy that or not, he certainly had quite [Gb] an influence on development in jazz.
To start [G] out the program today, [Gb] I'd like to play you one. _
Again, it's in front of a church.
Don't think about this too much.
It's called Big Fat Ham.
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_ It feels weird to stand in [A] a church and look [Ab] at the paintings on the walls and talk about Jelly Roll [Db] Morton. _ _ _ _
_ _ His nickname did not come from a cake.
_ He was [Eb] a pianist in the brothels around New Orleans _ [Db]
and developed a very unique style of playing ragtime.
_ _ [E] He claimed to be one of the first [Ab] jazz pianists.
_ I've heard that he said at one point that he [N] invented jazz on a Sunday morning in _ 1904. _
Whether you buy that or not, he certainly had quite [Gb] an influence on development in jazz.
To start [G] out the program today, [Gb] I'd like to play you one. _
Again, it's in front of a church.
Don't think about this too much.
It's called Big Fat Ham.
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