Key: A minor
Verse 1
G#m
C#
G#sus4
C#
G#
Rags and old iron,
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G#m
C#
G#m
C#
rags and old iron,
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C#
G#sus4
all he was buying was
G#m
D#
G#m
C#
just rag s and old iron.
G#m
C#
I heard an old rack man
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G#m
C#
a -mak ing his rounds
G#m
C#
Came right down my alley
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D#
with sorrowful sounds
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C#
Crying racks and old iron
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C#
and the pull in his cart
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C#
Asked him how much he'd give me
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G#
G#m
C#
G#
C#
G#
C#
for my broken heart
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G#sus4
C#
Rags and old iron, rags and old iron,
G#sus4
D#
all he was buying was
G#m
C#
G#sus4
just rags and old iron.
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C#
how much he would pay
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G#m
B
when you went away
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G#m
C#
for a burnt out old love light
G#m
C#
that no longer gleams
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C#
and a couple of slightly used
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second -hand dreams.
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C#
G#
Rags and old iron,
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C#
D#
All he was buying was just rags and
G#m
C#
G#
C#
G#
C#
old iron.
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G#
G#m
C#
Whatever he'd offer,
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C#
B
For those big empty promises
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G#
you used to make
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G#m
For those memories of you
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G#m
C#
that are no longer sweet
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C#
B
I wish he could haul them off
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D#
down the street
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G#m
C#
Wrecked and old I'm,
wrecked and old I'm
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C#
D#
All he was buying was just rags,
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G#sus4
no dime.
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C#
G#
C#
When a love doesn't last,
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how much is it worth?
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C#
G#
C#
It was once my most precious
B
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B
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possession on earth.
G#m
C#
When I asked that old rag man
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if he'd like to buy,
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G#m
B
He just shook his head and
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continued to cry
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C#
G#
Rags and old iron,
G#sus4
C#
G#sus4
C#
All he was buying was just
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G#
D#
rags and old iron
Outro 1
C#
D#
G#m
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