{"id":16704,"date":"2023-09-01T03:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T03:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:06:38","slug":"play-a-simple-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/play-a-simple-melody\/","title":{"rendered":"Play a Simple Melody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY 1914<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"oc8O- RIhpE R2aTZ rBqB6 buTwg ybpkg g5Nhd _8Lm2T\"><span class=\"oc8O- RIhpE Q19vO rBqB6 buTwg ybpkg MTelo\"><a class=\"oc8O- RIhpE R2aTZ rBqB6 o_U7b buTwg ybpkg MTelo _6gTBE wa-ja\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-guitar.com\/artist\/irving_berlin_31800\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-react-aria-pressable=\"true\">Irving Berlin<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"k_vI3 KLhHx fGc1h\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Note: The first note I sing is a G (on \"Won't). This may not be the key typically used,\r\nso use a capo to fit your vocal or preferred style\/sound. I also wrote this as a sort of\r\ncover, so for those who sing the sing note by note, it may not fit (see post script).\r\nThis is my first tab so I hope you enjoy it =)\r\nP.S. I am open to critiques.\r\n \r\nPLAY SLOWLY\r\n \r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>                   <span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Em\">Em<\/span>\r\nWont play a simple melody\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>                   <span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">D<\/span>\r\nJust like my mother sang to me,\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>                           <span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Em\">Em<\/span>\r\nOne with good old fashioned harmony\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>             <span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nPlay a simple melody\r\n\r\nPLAY FASTER AND RAGGIER\r\n \r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nMusical demon, set your honey a\u2019dreamin\u2019\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Em\">Em<\/span>\r\nWon\u2019t you play me some rag?\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nJust change that classical nag\r\n\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">D<\/span>\r\nTo some sweet beautiful drag\r\n \r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nIf you will play from a copy of a tune that is choppy\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Em\">Em<\/span>\r\nYou\u2019ll get all my applause\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd that is simply because\r\n<span class=\"eSJpP _6Im1s HslD7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nI want to listen to rag\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nPretty much the same chord progression throughout the song.<\/pre>\n<div class=\"d8c-l\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"k_vI3 KLhHx fGc1h\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY 1914 Irving Berlin Note: The first note I sing is a G (on &#8220;Won&#8217;t). This may not be the key typically used, so use a capo to fit your vocal or preferred style\/sound. I also wrote this as a sort of cover, so for those who &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/play-a-simple-melody\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play a Simple Melody<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irving-berlin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30103,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704\/revisions\/30103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}