A                 E      F#m               E
  Last night, late, I was watching it snow
A                 E           F#m        E
  It always goes sideways in the city
A                   E         F#m                     E
  It comes right out from the street lights, you know
A                       E        F#m
  Pumped out by an engine deep inside the earth's core
         E             A
It goes sideways in the city

[Instrumental] 
E  F#m  E
A  E  F#m  E

[Verse]
A                 E    F#m             E
  Cover the shapes and erase the date
A                  E           F#m       E
  This could be any evening in any place
A                    E            F#m
  The blizzard blows from left to right
                         E            A                 E      D
Which is funny 'cause the piano's playing "Summertime", from 1935
    Bm                  A          D
So sounds the alarm of ragtime
E                     A
It's ragtime keeping time

[Instrumental]
E  F#m  E
A  E  F#m  E

[Verse]
A                   E         F#m
  Brave to the waves of its residue
    E               A
Its laughter from a marbled room
             E               F#m
The white-crowned sounds of possible
             E        A
The sound that lures me
         E            F#m
It says, "Don't you hurry
              E                A
Don't you worry, kid, we'll be seeing you
               E           F#m
We'll see you when you're ready."

[Chorus]
D  Bm  D  Bm

[Verse]
A  E  F#m  E  x2

A                   E      F#m
  Ragtime turning out the sun and moon
         E        A
Its gravity is soothing
         E        F#m
It winds me in a sleep cocoon
             E               A
I'll reveal myself when I'm ready
E       F#m           E          D
  I'll reveal myself invincible soon

[Chorus]
D  Bm  D  Bm

D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange

D
There's a wisdom that's woe
D
And a woe that's madness
Bm
There's a wisdom that's woe
Bm
And a woe that's madness
D
There's a wisdom that's woe
D
And a woe that's madness
Bm
There's a wisdom that's woe
Bm
(I am one and the same)
Bm
And a woe that's madness
Bm
(I am useful and strange)

[Outro]
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
Bm
I am one and the same
Bm
I am useful and strange
Bm
(There's a wisdom that's woe)
D
I am one and the same
D
I am useful and strange
D
I am one and the same