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Rags To Rags - Eels
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Tabbed by: acoustic-fish
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
there are already a few tabs for this song... but i find it easier to play it like this.
are actually two guitars, one playing extra notes and chords over the rhythm, but i
only tabbed one guitar here.
intro
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------1---|-----0-------1---|
B|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-------1-------1-|-------1-------1-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|
D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
verse 1
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----------------|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-----0-------0---|
D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|---2---2---2---2-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
theres... ...on... ...mirror right... ...eye
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------1---|
B|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-------1-------1-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2-------2-----|
D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
and......back how.....way take....living
chorus
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
lie rags... ...to rust
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-------1-------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-------3-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-------3-------|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
how... ...crushed rags... ...bust
verse 2
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
sometimes... ...what..home
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------1---|-----0-------1---|
B|-----1-------1---|-----------------|-------1-------1-|-------1-------1-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|-----0-------0---|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|
D|-2-------3-------|---2---2---2---2-|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
the......pussywillow but... ...it... ...now...
e|-----0-------1---|
B|-------1-------1-|
G|---2-------2-----|
D|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
...tired...
chorus
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
...pillow rags... ...to rust
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
how... ...crushed rags... ...bust
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/eels/5945.html ]
interlude
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7777-7-7|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7777-7-7|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|
busted... ...well... ...that... ...world
solo
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------7--10--12|
B|--3333-----------|-----------------|--3335--5--5-5---|-8--10-----------|
G|-------5-4-0--2--|---0-0--2-0------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
verse 3
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------1---|-----0-------1---|
B|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-------1-------1-|-------1-------1-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|
D|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|-2-------3-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
one... ...my....dream
e|-----------------|
B|-----1-----------|
G|---2---2---------|
D|-2-------3-------|
D|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
but..mean a f*cking
chorus
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
thing rags... ...to rust
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
how... ...crushed so rags... ...to rust dont...
outro
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
...go rags... ...to rust dont....go rags... ...to rust dont...
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
...go
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|---------5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
D|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5555-5-5|-7-7-7-7-5555-5-5|
A|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-3333-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5555-3-3|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|
(repeat and fade out)
Enjoy!!
full lyrics:
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There's a spider crawling on the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussywillow
But i had to leave it
Now i go back whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
Well I’ll show them one day
That i can buy and sell the world
And one day I’ll come through my American dream
But it won't mean a f*cking thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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