From Rags To Riches chords by The Blue Nile

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        -022100
Asus2/F# -202200
E6       -046600
Asus2    -002200
Esus4    -002400



@ From Rags To Riches


E
        I leave ..............
Asus2/F#
        Like ... ...
E6                                Asus2
        I have hope ....................
E
        And wandering into ...............
Asus2/F#
        I learn..........
E6                        Asus2 Esus4
To fall laughing...............

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

Esus4                      Asus2/F#
     I am in love, ......................
  E6               Esus4
A wild wild sky, ...............
E
     Fences and ..................
Aus2/F#
       Surround and ........
E6                       Esus4
   I wear a coat of .........................
Esus4                             Asus2/F#
       The sticks and ............................
E                        Asus2/F#
     I wait no longer ........................

Play - E  Asus2/F#   E6   Esus4
(I could not work out any chords for this instrumental part so
suggest you go round once with the main sequence)

E
     People are leaving..............
Asus2/F#
     They're leaving their ................
E6
     And starting....
        Esus4
     We find the .............
E                             Asus2/F#
     Sticks and the stones..................
E                        Asus2/F#
     I wait no longer, I go .................
E
     From rags............
          Asus2/F#
     I go from rags...........
        E6
     Go from rags............
Asus2             Esus4
     From rags............


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