Rags to Rags EELS
the other versions of this song have quite a few errors and are a pain
to play off of. Hears my interpretation for one guitar from a live
version I have. If you can't figure out when rests, holds and chords (all of the
chorus) are placed from listening to the track, too bad.
How verse (and intro) chords are picked
A* F* Am F C Em
e|-----------------|-----0-------1---|-----------------| B|-----1-------1---|-------1-------1-|-----------------| G|---2---2---2---2-|---2-------2-----|-----0-------0---| D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|---2---2---2---2-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A* F* A* F* Am F Am F
A* F*
There's a spider crawling
A* F*
On the bathroom mirror
A* F* C Em
Right on top of my right eye
A* F*
And I can't stop staring back
A* F*
How did I get this way?
[Am] Take a big [F]look at a living [G]lie[C] [F] [C]
[G] Rags to r[C]ags and rust to [F]rust[C]
[G] How do you st[C]and when you've been [F]crushed[C]
G C B A* F* A* F*
So rags to riches was a bust
A* F*
Sometimes I dream about it
A* F*
What it's like back home
A* F* C Em
The railroad tracks and the pussywillow
[Am] But i had to [F]leave it
[Am] Now i go [F]back
[Am] Whenever my [F]tired head hits the [G]pillow[C] [F] [C]
[G] Rags to r[C]ags and rust to [F]rust[C]
[G] How do you st[C]and when you've been [F]crushed[C]
[G] So rags to r[C]iches was a [B]bust[F]
[B] Busted [F]once again
[B] Well Iā??ll show the[F]m one day
[B] That i can [F]buy and sell the [G]world
solo
e|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--8--10--13--15--| B|--333-3----------|-----------------|--333-3/888-10--|-----------------| G|--------5-4-0-2--|--000-0h2h0------|----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A* F* A* F*
[Am] And one day [F]Iā??ll come through
[Am] My American [F]dream
A* F* G C F C
But it won't mean a f**king thing
[G] Rags to r[C]ags and rust to [F]rust[C]
[G] How do you st[C]and when you've been [F]crushed[C]
[G] So rags to r[C]ags and rust to r[F]ust [C] don't let me go!
[G] Rags to [C]rags and rust to [F]rust [C] don't let me go!
[G] Rags to [C]rags and rust to [F]rust [C] don't let me go!
[G] [C] [F] [C]
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