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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


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-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                            one...       ...my....dream

E|-----------------|
B|-----1-----------|
G|---2---2---------|
D|-2-------3-------|
A|-----------------|
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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