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