Rags To Rags  The Eels 
From: andyns@juno.com (Andy N Smith) 
 
 
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INTRO 
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Riff 2 
Riff 2 
Riff 3 
 
VERSE 
Riff 1 
There's a spider crawling 
Riff 1 
On the bathroom mirror 
Riff 2     Riff 4 
Right on top of my right eye 
Riff 3 
And I can't stop staring back 
Riff 3 
How did I get this way 
Riff 3       G   C  F  C 
Take a big look at a living lie 
 
CHORUS 
G C   F C 
Rags to Rags and rust to rust 
How d'you stand when you get crushed 
So rags to riches was a bust 
Riff1 
Riff1 
 
VERSE 
Riff1 
Sometimes I dream about 
Riff1 
What its like back home 
Riff1      Riff 4 
The railroad tracks and the pussy willow 
 
Riff 3 
But I had to leave it 
Riff 3 
Now I go back 
Riff 3     G   C  F  C 
Living(?) my tired head hits the pillow 
 
CHORUS 
G-C-F-C 
Rags to rags and rust to rust 
How do you stand when you get crushed 
   Bflat   F 
So rags to riches was a bust 
 
Bflat   F 
Busted once again 
But I'll show them one day 
That I can buy myself a world () 
 
SOLO 
(over chorus chords) 
 
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RIFF 1 
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VERSE 
Riff 2 
One day I'll come through 
Riff 3 
My american dream 
(NO CHORD) 
But it won't mean a f***ing thing 
 
CHORUS 
 
REPEAT CHORUS PROGRESSION UNTILL THE END