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 I'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]I'll come through
[Am] My American [F]dream
A F G C F C
But it won't mean a fking 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]
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 I'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]I'll come through
[Am] My American [F]dream
A F G C F C
But it won't mean a fking 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]