From Rags To Riches chords by The Blue Nile

Chords with lyrics

The Blue Nile - From Rags To Riches
Transcribed 20/09/98 by Mike Garoghan
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This transcription requires considerable poetic licence.
Obviously there are no guitars in the original recording.
However the chords below do relate to the chords created
by the mix of the various intruments used.
It works best if you strum briskly with the emphasis on
downstrokes.

Chords

E MajorE    -022100
Asus2/F# -202200
E6E6    -046600
Asus2Asus2  -002200
Esus4Esus4  -002400

@ From Rags To Riches


E MajorE
    I leave ..............
Asus2/F#
    Like ... ...
E6E6                Asus2Asus2
    I have hope ....................
E MajorE
    And wandering into ...............
Asus2/F#
    I learn..........
E6E6            Asus2Asus2 Esus4Esus4
To fall laughing...............

E MajorE               Asus2/F#
   Sticks and the stones ......................
E MajorE            Asus2/F#
   We wait too long to .......................

Esus4Esus4           Asus2/F#
   I am in love, ......................
 E6E6        Esus4Esus4
A augmentedA wild wild sky, ...............
E MajorE
   Fences and ..................
Aus2/F#
    Surround and ........
E6E6            Esus4Esus4
  I wear a coat of .........................
Esus4Esus4               Asus2/F#
    The sticks and ............................
E MajorE            Asus2/F#
   I wait no longer ........................

Play - E MajorE Asus2/F#  E6E6  Esus4Esus4
(I could not work out any chords for this instrumental part so
suggest you go round once with the main sequence)

E MajorE
   People are leaving..............
Asus2/F#
   They're leaving their ................
E6E6
   And starting....
    Esus4Esus4
   We find the .............
E MajorE               Asus2/F#
   Sticks and the stones..................
E MajorE            Asus2/F#
   I wait no longer, I go .................
E MajorE
   From rags............
     Asus2/F#
   I go from rags...........
    E6E6
   Go from rags............
Asus2Asus2       Esus4Esus4
   From rags............


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