The Shakespearean Tragedy Rag Chords by Ray Jessel

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
It's old and yet [C] it's new.
[F] _ _
Tonight [D] we're gonna do the [G] _ _ [C] Shakespearean _ _ [F] tragedy _ _ [Am] rag.
_ [Abm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ Treachery and [C] lies.
[F] _
_ Actors drop [D] like _ flies.
[G] The _ Shakespearean _ tragedy [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] rag.
_ [C] _
_ [Cm] Starting with [F] Othello. _
_ [Eb] A jealous [F] kind of fellow.
_ [Bb] Gee that crafty Iago [Eb] plays
Othello like a cello.
[Dm] So Othello [G] kills his bride [F] but after _ [G] Desdemona's died [C] he
[Bb] finds out that she's innocent.
So [C] bingo.
_ Suicide.
[Eb]
They put the [F] cuffs on Iago. _
[Eb] It's kind of like [F] Chicago. _ _
[Bb] Believe me the proceedings _ [A]
never [Bm] lag.
[Cm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Bb] _
Murder, _ [F] mayhem,
menace.
[F] Forget Chicago.
This [D] is Venice.
[G] The _ Shakespearean [C] _ tragedy [F] _
rag.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
La la la la la la la la.
_ [E] _
Lackaday.
_ [B] La la la la la la la.
The [C] Scottish play.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord [F] and Lady _ [C] Macbeth. _
[F] Those divas of [D] death do the [G] _ _ Shakespearean [C] _ tragedy [F] _ [Am] rag.
_ [Abm] _ _ [Gm] She [F] is viciously [C] ambitious _ _ and he does [D] what she wishes.
_ [G]
Cause that hag knows how
to nag nag nag [Bb] _ [Ebm] nag.
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
Macbeth he [F] meets three witches.
_ [Cm]
You scratch him [F] where he itches.
[Bb] They say you'll soon be king and queen [Eb] with all of Scotland's riches [Dm] but beware
of [G] Burnham Wood if [Dm] it comes to _ [G] Dunsinane.
_ [C] Cause that [Bb] would not be good [B] because a
Thane might [C] just be _ slain.
_ _ [Eb] _ This is probably the only song you'll ever hear
that needs cliff notes. _ _ _
_ There'll be a test after the show. _
_ _ _ To what _ depths this pair
[F] have sunken.
_ [Eb] Killing Banquo after [F] Duncan.
_ [Bb] Too late Macbeth finds murder [A] is a [Bm] drag.
_ [Cm] _ [A] And though [Bb] he never thought it [F] could.
Oh shit here comes Burnham [D] Wood.
_ [G] The _ Shakespearean
[C] _ tragedy _ rag.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Lucky he [D] is not out [F] out damned [D] Scott.
[G] The _ _ [C] Shakespearean tragedy _ [F] rag. _
_ _ _ _ [B] La la la la _ _ _ la la la [E] la la la [C] la la [Bb] la _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] woe [F] is [B] me.
Romeo _ and [E] Juliet.
_ [B] _ [Bm] Montague meets _ [E] Capulet.
You can [Bm] bet [E] that duet _ [Am] ends _ _ sadly. _
_ [D] An old [G] king lear was [D] a nice [G] old dear but [Dm] his career [G] I fear
_ [C]
ends _ badly, _ [E] _ _
[B] madly.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[B] _ Poor [C] King _ Lear.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oy, _ [C] _
Vezmir. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ Hamlet [C] makes it plain.
[D] _
[F] There is nothing like [D] a Dane. _
The [G] _ Shakespearean [C] _ _
tragedy [F] _ [Am] rag.
_ [Abm] _ _ [Gm]
Hamlet [F] sees his [C] daddy's ghost.
[F] _
Daddy tells why he [D] is toast. _
[G] The _ Shakespearean _ tragedy [C]
rag.
[Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] Seems no one's quiet [F] as naughtiest
[Cm] that nasty Uncle [F] Claudius.
_ [Bb] After offing his own brother,
now [Eb] he's buffing Hamlet's mother.
_ [Dm] _ Revenge, [G] cries Hamlet's daddy.
[F] Come on, son, [G] do the prickin'.
_ [C] But [Bb] Hamlet hems and [B] haws
because, let's face it,
[C] Hamlet's chicken.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
He tries _ [F] soliloquy,
[Eb] _ to be or not [F] to be.
_ [Bb] Kills _ Bolognais by _ mistake.
[Bbm] Ophelia ends up in the lake.
_ _ [Dm] Big finish [G] with a duel
and [F] a poison cup [G] and sword.
_ [C] First Laertes [Bb] dead, then Gertes dead.
[F] Then Hamlet, he [C] gets gored. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] It all gets [F] pretty bloody
[Eb] because Will's no [F] fuddy-duddy.
_ [Bb] Yes, killin', killin' _ [A] villainies is [A] back
[Cm] _ _ [A] _
[Bb] by the end of [D] Act Five.
_ [F] No one's left [D] alive.
[G] The _ Shakespearean [C] _ _ tragedy _
[E] rag.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] And that was just [D] the teaser.
_ _ [F] Next week, _ [D] Julius Caesar. _ _ _
The [G] _ _ Shakespearean _ _ _
_ [C] _ tragedy _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ rag. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ Thank you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _