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