Chords for "Harry Rag"
From: Harlan L Thompson HARRY RAG- The Kinks Bm Ah, Tom will show and Tom will smoke A Tom is as bold as a knight of old Bm A But whenever he gets into a bit of a jam F# Bm There's nothing he won't do to get a Harry Rag CHORUS: Bm A Harry Rag! Harry Rag! Do anything just to get a Harry Rag Bm A And he curses himself for the life he's led F# And rolls himself a Harry Rag Bm Bm F# Bm F# Bm And puts himself to bed Ah, Tom's old ma is a dyin' lass Soon they reckon she'll be pushin' up the grass And her bones might take and her skin might sag Still she's got the strength to have a Harry Rag CHORUS: Harry Rag! Harry Rag! Do anything just to get a Harry Rag And she curses herself for the life she's led And rolls herself a Harry Rag And puts herself to bed Ah, bless you taxman, bless you all You may take some but you'll never take it all But if I give it all I won't feel sad As long as I've got enough to buy a Harry Rag CHORUS: Harry Rag! Harry Rag! Do anything just to get a Harry Rag And I curse myself for the life IAnd roll meself a Harry Rag And put myself to bed Ah, the smart young ladies of the land Can't relax without a Harry in their hand And they light one up and they boast and brag So content because they got a Harry Rag CHORUS: Harry Rag! Harry Rag! Do anything just to get a Harry Rag And they light one up and they boast and brag So content because they got a Harry Rag Harry Rag! Harry Rag! IAnd I curse myself for the life IAnd rolls meself a Harry Rag And puts meself to bed (from Something Else, 1967) (sent by Harlan)
From: Leif Thiborg Date: 14 November, 2005 The bass is a changing-bass (swedish word). When there is a "/" its the base tone in the last chord played. I think that Ray sings "nose "himself a Harry Rag. That probably slang and I'm not familiar with the word. Cm /G Cm /G Ah, Tom is young and Tom is bold Bb /F Bb F Tom is as bold as a kni-ight o-of old Cm /G Bb /F but when-e-ver he gets in a bit of a jam G /A Cm /G Cm There's no-thing he won't do to get a Har-ry Rag Cm /G Cm /G Har-ry Rag! Har-ry Rag! Bb /F Bb /F Do a-ny-thing just to get a Har-ry Rag Cm /G Bb F And he cur-ses him-self for the life he's led G /A And (nose?) him-self a Har-ry Rag / / / / / / / / / / / / Cm /G Cm /G Cm /G /Bb Cm /G And puts him-self to bed Ah, Toms old ma is a dy-in' lass Soon they all reck-on she'll be push-in' up the grass And her bones might take and her skin might sag And still she's got the strength to have a Har-ry Rag Har-ry Rag! Har-ry Rag! Do a-ny-thing just to get a Har-ry Rag And she cur-ses her-self for the life she's led And rolls her-self a Har-ry Rag And puts her-self to bed Ah, bless you tax-man, bless you all You may take some but you'll ne-ver take it all But if I give it all I wont feel sad As long as I've have got e-nough to buy a Har-ry Rag Har-ry Rag! Har-ry Rag! Do a-ny-thing just to get a Har-ry Rag And I curse my-self and the life I've led And roll my-self a Har-ry Rag And puts my-self to bed Ah, the smart young la-dies of the land Can't re-lax with-out a Har-ry in their hand And they light one up and they boast and brag So con-tent be-cause they got a Har-ry Rag Har-ry Rag! Har-ry Rag! Do a-ny-thing just to get a Har-ry Rag And they light one up and they boast and brag So con-tent be-cause they got a Har-ry Rag Har-ry Rag! Har-ry Rag! I'll do a-ny-thing just to get a Har-ry Rag And I curse my-self for the life I've led And roll me-self a Harry Rag And puts me-self to bed
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