I'm Certainly Living a Ragtime Life

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I'm Certainly Living a Ragtime Life (key: E). It uses 12 unique chords and is classified as Advanced difficulty.

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Unique chords

12 chordsAdvanced

Functional harmony

Primary: bIIIHarmony: Very Rich12 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → V7 → IV → bVI → bIII → IV7 → bVII7 → I7 → bIII7 → bVI → VI°dim → I
Progression (chords)
Em → B7 → Am → Cm → G → A7 → D7 → E7 → G7 → C → C#dim → E

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune I'm Certainly Living a Ragtime Life. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
Em---|B7---|B7---|Em---|Am-Cm-|GB7Em-|A7---|D7--B7|
Em---|B7---|B7---|Em---|Am-Cm-|GB7Em-|A7-D7-|G---||
Part B
E7---|A7---|D7---|G---|G---|D7---|D7---|G---|
E7---|A7---|D7---|G-G7-|C-C#dim-|G-E+7-|A7---|D7-G-||

Commonly used functional chords in trad major keys

This table shows the standard diatonic chords in a major key, commonly used as the harmonic foundation for traditional tunes.

IiiiiiIVVvi(V7)
ABmC#mDEF#mE7
CDmEmFGAmG7
DEmF#mGABmA7
EF#mG#mABC#mB7
FGmAmBbCDmC7
GAmBmCDEmD7