It's Easy to Play Jazz

Easy to read, simplified arrangements of eighteen of the world's most famous Jazz pieces, including Ain't Misbehavin', Exactly Like You, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, On The Sunny Side of the Street, and many others,

arranged for piano vocal and with chord symbols. Arranged by Cyril Watters.

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Ain't Misbehavin' 4 Ain't She Sweet 14

At Last 42 Big Noise from Winnetka 40

Bugle Call Rag 10 Exactly Like You 7 Glad Rag Doll 12 Happy Feet 30

I Can't Give You Anything But Love 20 It's a Raggy Waltz 26

Lullaby of Birdland 28 Nobody's Sweetheart 44

On The Sunny Side of the Street 23 Organ Grinder's Swing 33

Sweet Lorraine 17 Taking A Chance on Love 46

Tuxedo Junction 38 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 36

Aint Misbehavin Words by Andy Razaf

Music by Thomas Waller & Hany Brooks

Steady Four

Ebm F7 F m B b7+

1. Tho' it's a Iick- le 2 . Your type of man is rare,

W i t h cheat - ing all the I I know you real - ly care,

Here is one bird with self con - tro1,- in - side m y cage. That'swhy my con-science nev-er sleeps, Iw'LZe2upre a way some - I wllere.

I ,

I know who I best, thumbs down for all the rest, love I day. Sure was a luck - y when fate sent you my

O Copyright 1929 Mills Music Inc. New York, USA. Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., 19 Upper Brook Street. London W1

Redwood Music Ltd., 14 New Burlington Street, London W 1. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.

CHORUS

I I I

Ab Abm Eb Gb7 Fm Bb9 Ei Gm6 Go

I I know forcer- ta in , T h e o n e I l o v e ,

just you I'm think - ing o f , I Ain't mi s be - hav- in' . I I'm s a v - in' my love for I you. r

Abm

in the cor-ner, Don't g o no - where

I don't s t a y out l a te , I

I Ain't mis -be - hav-in',

Ab Abm Eb Gb7 Fm

Exactly Like You Words by Dorothy Fields Music by Jimmy McHugh

Moderato

1: t used to have a per - fect sweetheart, not a real one, Just a 2. I t a l - w a y s has been my am - bi - tion, ev - er since I was a

s f - - 3 -B- n

I A won - der- ful vis - ion a To have - one to care for, lest I should run I

team. wild,

Can you i - mag - ine how I And now my wish - es have come - I met loLe is I

Cma j7

@Copyright 1930 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. New York. Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., Bruton Street, London WIX 7AH,

for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies (excluding Canada and Australasia) but including the continent of

Europe excepting Latin Countries and Switzerland.

I You're just what 1

ritard. CHORUS

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- act - ly like you. You make me feel s o grand, I want to hand the

un - der - stand

C Am7 E Am Dm Fm G7

{I scheme iJm schem - ing, Idream I'm dream - ing, I N O W I know why

Bugle Call Rag Words and Music by

Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers & Elmer Schoebel

Moderato

young or old, shake their shoulders :bold. You're bound to ( f a l l for the hug - le I

@ Copyright 1923 by Jack Mills Inc. New York U.S.A. Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., B N ~ O ~ Street, London WlX 7AH

for all territories (excepting U.S.A. and Canada).

While we'redancing, I please hold me tight, 1 step live-ly, don't I ' lag, Iswing a - long (

Glad Rag Doll Words by Jack Yellen

Music by Dan Dougherty & Milton Ager

Medium Four

m - CI I m I

1 r w e

I . Lit -tle paint -ed la - 'dy with yourlove-ly clothes, where are you bcnd fa, may I ask? 2. All this glare and glit - ter, all your tinseled toys, what will they lead to in the end?

Bb

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Eb Ebm Bb G7

@Copy$&ht 1929 by Ager. Yellen and Bernstein. Inc. New York. For Great Brim. Ireland and Colonies, (excluding Canada and Australasia)

the property of the Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd, B N ~ O ~ Street, London W1X 7AH.

Glad- Rag I doll. I I Ad-mired, I de - sired, I by lov-ers who I

I Bb7 Bb7+ Eb Ebm Bb

1 . pret-ty toy they llike ' to play with; I I You're not the I kind they choose to Igrow ' old ahd I

grey dth. I I Don9t make this I the end dear, I I'tsnev - er too 1 late to menddear. I

Ebm

Aint She Sweet Words by Jack Yellen Music by Milton Ager

Moderato

r 2 . Tell me where,- lave you seen one

I h, gee whiz!- h , gee whiz,- de - clare,- de - clare,-

There's why 1 can't 'eat a bite.- That sure is worth look- ing at.-

I

Those flam - ing eyes! I Oh, boy. how sweet!

Copyright 1927 by Ager, Yellen & Bernstein Inc. New York City Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., B N ~ O ~ Street, London WlX 7AH,

for Great Britain, lreland and Colonies (excluding Canada and Australasia) but including the continent of

Europe excepting Latin countries and Switzerland.

That flam - ing youth! Those lips must be!

Oh, mis - ter! Gaze on it!

Oh, s i s - ter! Dog - gone it!

Eb6 C7 Bb F7 Bb Gm Crn Gm

CHORUS -

com - ing down t'he I street! Now I ,ask you ve - ry I con- fid - e n - tial - ly 1 I

ov - er once Ar I twice, ' Now I a s k you ve - ry ( con - fi - den - tial- ly, 1

(I - rec - t i o n 4 Oh, me! Oh, my! ain't that per - I

I - f e c t - ion. re don't you I

think that's kind bf I neat? And I 'ask you ve - ry I con - ti - den - rial-ly 1

Sweet Lorraine Words by Mitchell Parish Music by Cliff Burwell

Wait-ing for the time soon to be, &hen the bells will chime mer-ri - ly, !I Whenthatdavin ro l l s a - round , I onou rhon -ev -moon we'll be hound. I

@ Copyri@It 1928 by Milla Music Inc New York. For all countrkr (exapting U.S.A. Canada and Auatralaria)

the property of the Lawrence Wri@It Muric Co. Ltd., Bruton Street, London W1X 7AH.

I G e e , but I f e e l prou Can't w a i t t i l l the d a y ,

CHORUS

i ' I I

choo - choo toy, I when I'm wi th my s w e e t Lor ; raine; I

1 I pair o f e y e s 4-, that are blu - er than the lsum-mer s k i e s , + wllen you sce them you w i l l 1

) I Khen it's rain - inp I don't lmiss the sun, lfor it's i n my sweet- ie's I

I I smile, I lust to think that I'm the I luck - y one 1 who wi l l lead her down the I

aisle; each lnight I p r a y d that no - ho - dy steals herl~eart - w a y . I I

I Can't GiveYou Anything But Love Words by Dorothy Fields Music by Jimmy McHugh

Moderato

think that you ought to he know - ing - m y luck i s but I am w i l l - i n g to I wait, d e a r , your l i t - tle

go - ing - from bad to worse. mate, d e a r will not for - get.

Who knows some day You have a life - time be - I

@Copyright 1928 by Jack Mills Inc New York. Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., Bruton Street, London W1X 7AH

for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies (excluding Canada & Australasia) but including the continent of Europe excepting Latin Countries and Switzerland.

I'll be - 1 gin to reach my prime; now though 1 see what our - fore you, 1'11 a - dore you, come what may; please don't he blue for the

end is - all I can spend i s just m y time ; pre - sent,- when it 's so plea - sant to hear you say;

11 I cin't give you 1 an - y - thing but I love, 1 Ba - by,-- I

1 That's the on - 1

Dream a - while, scheme a - while, We're sure to I

Hap - pi - ness land I guess I All those thinas you've 1 ;I - ways pined for. I

Dia - dond brace - iets I ~ o o l - iorth does - A't I sell, I

G7 Cma j7 C

i Till that luck- y

On The Sunny Side Of The Street Words by Dorothy Fields Music by Jimmy McHugh

Moderato

1 . Walked with no - one, and with no - one, and had noth - ing but 2. No use schem-ing, and use dreaming, and use chas - ing the

Then one morn - ing you here's no need to look

O Copyright !930 by *pie, Bernstein and Co. Inc New York, U.S.A. Lawrence Wnght Music Co. Ltd., Bruton Street, London WlX 7AH

for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies (excluding Canada & Australasia) but including the continent of Europe excepting Latin Countries and Switzerland.

All my wor - ry blew a - If you'd have your share of

ritard. .

( way fun,

when you taught me how to say: there's but one thing to be done:

I

Grab your 1 1

CHORUS

IIcoat and get your I hat, leave your 1 wor - ry on the ldoor - s tep , I

Jus t dir - ect your 1 feet to the 1 sun - ny side- of the I street, Can't you 1

( 1 hear a pit - ter I bat? an> thatlhap - py tune i s (your step? llife can be s o I

This I rbv - er crossed I ov - er. I f I lnev - er had a I

i old dust on my

It's A Raggy Waltz By Dave Brubeck

Medium swing .,

to Coda $

@Copyright 1961 by Derry Music Co. U.S.A. Rights controlled for U.K. & Eire by Valentine Music Croup

7, Carnck Street, London WC2.

D. S. a1 Coda

Bbm7 Eb7 Ab Gm7 Gb7b5 Fm Fm7 Am7 Cm6 D7 (E sum)

Lullaby Of Birdland Music by George Shearing

Words by George David Weiss

Steady Four

'Em Em7 Em6 C9 Em B

1 I Nev-er in m y word-land could there be ways to - re - I veal- in a &rase how I feel! I

Have you ev-er heard two 1 t u r - tle doves lbill and coo- lwhen they Iove? I

@ Copyright 1952, 1953 and 1954 Adam R. Levy &Father Ent. Inc. Planetary-Nom (London) Ltd., London W1 for the British Commonwealth

(exc. Canada, Australasia and British African territories) and Eire. Reproduced by Permission. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.

(1 ~ h a i ' s t h e kindof m a g i c 1 mus-ic we make withour I l ips when we k i s s ( - And there ' s awee-py old I

wil-low; - I H ~ r ea l - ly k n o w s how t o ( cry! T h a t ' s how I 'dcry in my ( pi1 - low- I

If youshouldtell me fare - well and good-bye! ( Lul- l a - by of Bird-land, I 'whis- per low, - I

( I k i s s me sweet - and we'll go - ~ l ' ~ - i n ' high inBird-land, high in the sky u p a - 1 b o v e All be - (

E m D C Am7 D7 Bm7 E m Am7 D7 b9 G C9

Happy Feet Words by Jack Yellen Music by Milton Ager

Moderato

I

Cm G7 Bbm

a1 - ways let your a1 - ways make me

sweet. trance.

Want to see what makes me Heel and toe, 1 ' off they go

feel the way 1 tap-pingto the

@Copyright 1.930 by Ager, YeUen & Bernstein Inc. New York, U.S.A. All nghts for the Br~tish Commonwealth of Nations

(excluding Canada and Australasia) and the Re ublic of Eire controlled by Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd.. Bruton greet, London W1X 7AH.

do? beat,

Fill you I kind - l y cast an Now you'll sure - l y un - der -

CHORUS

hap -py feet, I give them a 1 low-down beat I And they'll be -gin I

I've got those ten l i t - tle

tap-ping toes, 1 And when they hear a tune, I Ican't con-troI my 1

danc - ing heels to

I keep cheerful on an ear - ful

C7+ C7 F9 Abm

I ' of mus - ic sweet ( I 'cause I've got hap - hap - I

You swing i t , I S o d o 1,- ( 1 swing i t , I so d o you. I I

I Drop a nick - el I i n his hat. I like a rich a - I ris - to - crat.

Ev -'ry nick - el 1 that you fling lnakes that or - gan I grin - der swing, I

Hi - ho, > . /% / I _

w I am D D I I I 1 r l . I I r I 1 . - I I d

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Words & Music by Creamer & Layton

Moderato

CHORUS

@Copyright 1922 by Shapiro Bernstein Inc. New York. Lawrence Wrkht Music Co. Ltd., Bruton Street, London, WIX 7AH.

oh! wonltyou 1 give your /a - dy 1 fair a lit - tle 1 smile:

{I sfz Stop! You bet your (life you'll l in - ger 1 there a lit - tle I >

while. 'There is heav-en right here on earth, h t h those beau - ti - ful I I I I

1 'Way down yon - der in

Tuxedo Junction Words by Buddy Feyne

Music by Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson & Julian Dash

Medium four

. . Eb B bdim Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb Eb7 F7

I 1 1 ' I I

Bb Eb7 F7 Bb Eb7 Bbdim Bb F7

@ Copyright 1940 by Lewis Music Publishing Co. Inc. N.Y. U.S.A. Sole agents for British Empire (except Canada and Newfoundland) J .R . Lafleur and Sons Ltd.

Authorised for sale in the United Kingdom o f Great Britain and Northern Ireland only, by permission o f Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

I

- They all drive or walk for miles to get That SOU;^ - ern style, S - low 1 I 4 I 4- I

Bb Eb7 B bdim Bb F7 B b Bb9 Eb

you; come on hown, for -pet your care,come 011 I doon you'll f inh- me there, so long I t 4 I * I

Eb7 Bbdim Bb F7 Bb $7 Bb

Big Noise From Winnetka Words by Gil Rodin & Bob Crosby

Music by Bob Haggart and Ray Bauduc

Steady four 1 .

girl - i e ' s heart 'and then, play ro - man - tic parts. I Big Soise I)lcw i 11 I'ro111 Kill-

I ji~st l>lctv 111 ~ ~ O I I I \\ill-

{I - net [let - - t a , ka*- b ig rloise blew 1.igl11 out-

\\ liere I I)roLe a mil -

@ Copyright 1940 by Brcgman, Vocco and Conn, Inc. 16 19 Broadway, N.Y. Sole agents for thc British Ihpirc

tesccpting Canada, Newfoundland, Australasia and Ncw Zcaland). J . R . Lafleur & Sons Ltd.,

~uth'orised for salc in the United Kingdom o f Great Britain and Northern lrcland only, by permission of Boosey & Hrwkcs Music Publishers Ltd.

to Coda d

blew in from- Win 1 r~:: :::c Big Noisefrom- Win

Big Noise blew right out- a - En - ter big noise i n your

D. S, a1 Coda

I l is-ten t o the Big Noise. I '-11 ( I heart.

At Last Words by Mack Gordon Music by Harry Warren

Fairly slow

{ I - my love has come a - I long; my lone -1y daysare I o - ver I

( 1 - and life is like a Isong. ~t ] last 1

@Copyright 1942 (renewed 1970) Twentieth Century Music Corporation, USA. Rights throughout the World controlled by Leo Feist Inc.

Administered by Big 3 Music Ltd, 37/41 Mortimer StreeG London WI for the UK & Eire.

Dm7 G7 C F C7 G C7 Dm Fdirn

Gmaj 7 E7 Am7 Cdim G7 C

\ I - and then the spell was 1 cast And here we are in 1 heav - en, -

Nobody's Sweet heart Words & Music by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman,

Billy Meyers & Elmer Schoebel

Fairly bright

sweet - heart They I don't' ba - by I you some - 1

sil - ken gown,

D6 Gdim D7

(BCopyri.ght 1924 Jack Mills Inc.. USA. Lawnnce Wnght MUSIC Co. hi., 24 Bruton Street, London W1 for

Gnat Bntain, Inland and Commonwedth (excegt Canada & Austnlasia). the continent of Europc excepting Latin Countries and Sw~tzerland

" I Cdim G7 C

par - a - dise-

Taking AChance On Love Words by John La Touche & Ted Fetter

Music by Vernon Duke

Steady four

I C Cdim Dm7G7 C6 Cdim G7

slide a - gain, - stand a - gain, - prove a - gain, -

@Cop right 1940 (renewed 1968) Miller Music Corp., USA. ' ~dmiistercd by ~ i g Y ~ u s i c Ltd, 37/41 Mortimer Sheet, London W1 for the UK Br Eire.

now I'm tak - ing the

bro -ther rab - bit of

Fm7 Bb7 Eb Gdim Fm7 Ab7 G7

end-ing now, - win a - gain, - 1 a chance on love.

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