From Ragtime To Rags chords by Bad Examples

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G


Verse 1:
 A minorAm    D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA cheap one,
  G+G           FF  C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
To take you from here to heaven,
G+G          FF     A minorAm   G+G  D6D6 FF
Do you believe that that will do for you?


 Verse 2:
 A minorAm    D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA quick one,
  G+G            FF  C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
To unwind the slow turning hours,
G+G          FF      A minorAm  G+G
Do you believe that that's what you deserve?

Pre-Chorus
E minorEm FF      C majorC  DmDm  C majorC
You touch my arm with your hand,
  G+G     FF          C majorC DmDm C majorC
And my secret eye sees your shirt on the floor,
  G+G    FF      C majorC  DmDm C majorC      G+G
And I pull away while trying to stay by your side.


G+G         G6G6 FF
And I'm tumbling, tumbling,
G+G        FF    C majorC
Out of the open arms of sin,
G+G     G6G6 FF
Tumbling, tumbling,
   G+G        FF C majorC
From ragtime to rags again.


Interlude
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G

Verse 3:

A minorAm  D/F#D/F#
Listen,
G+G             FF  C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I'm thinking words I'm not saying,
   G+G          FF     A minorAm    G+G  D6D6 FF
This is not the time to betray my desire for you,

Verse 4:
  A minorAm   D/F#D/F#
I'm sorry,
   G+G        FF   C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I led you into my indecision,
   G+G           FF     A minorAm   G+G
I was hoping that you could wash my confusion away.

Pre-Chorus

E minorEm FF      C majorC  DmDm  C majorC
You touch my arm with your hand,
  G+G     FF          C majorC DmDm C majorC
And my secret eye sees your shirt on the floor,
  G+G    FF      C majorC  DmDm C majorC      G+G
And I pull away while trying to stay by your side.


G+G         G6G6 FF
And I'm tumbling, tumbling,
G+G        FF    C majorC
Out of the open arms of sin,
G+G     G6G6 FF
Tumbling, tumbling,
   G+G        FF C majorC
From ragtime to rags again.


Interlude
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G
A minorAm  D/F#D/F# G+G

Verse 5:

A minorAm    D/F#D/F#
Parting,
G+G             FF  C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Torn from your side with a whisper,
  G+G          FF     A minorAm    G+G  D6D6 FF
We stare at the clock aware that it's too late.


 Verse 6:
A minorAm    D/F#D/F#
Trust me,
G+G         FF  C majorC DmDm C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Someday we will be lovers,
  G+G          FF      A minorAm       G+G
But somehow I wish that I'd shared a cheap one with you.


G+G         G6G6 FF
And I'm tumbling, tumbling,
G+G        FF    C majorC
Out of the open arms of sin,
G+G     G6G6 FF
Tumbling, tumbling,
   G+G        FF C majorC
From ragtime to rags again.


Outro
N.C.
Tumbling, tumbling,
N.C.
Out of the open arms of sin,
N.C.
Tumbling, tumbling,
N.C.
From ragtime to rags again.