Rags To Richard (The Rest Is Just A Blur) Words and Music by Jeff Stone From Jeff Stone's "Life, Death, Love, Hate, Hope, and Bad Apartments" For more songs go to jeffstone.com Am C G Am C Bm repeated several times c b a g e e g g c b a g c c b b c b a g e e g g c b a g e e a b c DESCENDING: b a g e d c b a Am C D Am C G D F G C E Am C D Am C G D F G C E Am Friends and family C D I thought you all should know Am What would happen to your C G Loved ones when you go D This crazy giant planet F G That you'll all soon be leaving C Is the strange little world E That will have them as their kings Really Am C D D'you ever wonder what would happen in the end? Am C G Rather shocking what happened to your friends D F G First please have a seat and I'll explain why C E Those headaches that you're having mean that you're about to die Am I'm so sorry C D But I thought it was important that you knew Am C G Peter, well, he was not very lucky either, Stu D F G Just imagine waking up in a ditch C And finding out that while you slept E Your buddies got rich Am And overnight G Am Some sick boy's clone Am G Am Had overtaken Peter's throne Am G Em He did not hear approaching drums Am Rags to Richard Em Am King Richard from slums Am G Am Some have the nose for success You didn't see Am G Am Some say it's in the way you dress The brilliant minds at work Am G Em Some say it's how you wear your hair The brilliant minds at play Am Em Am But some people just have the flair Am D Old man E Am Look at your child's life Sailor were you lost at sea or D E Am As different as he was from you Did you leave your family? F G C E7 Success, yes, but he left a wife and You never got to see your son as Am D E Am Tragedy put out his life The guru he would become F G Am And everybody loved F G Am And everybody loved F G Am G C D E7 Am And everybody loved the songs your son the singer wrote G Am Oh how the sister loved your child G Am Even though he was so wild G Em He got his spirit from his mom Am But when he needed you Em Am You didn't come G Am I think he loved you just the same G Am I'm sure I heard him use your name G Em You'd have been proud that he became Am Em The anti-symbol of where Am He came from C F C F G Look look look at your sons C F C F G Many congratulations C F C Hearts, minds, many awards G C C7 And a generation F Many nations An invasion C G Look look look at your sons C Look what they've done G What they've done D G D G A Look look look at your friends D G D G A They're winning again and again D G D Hearts, minds, many awards A D D7 And a series of trends G Many nations An invasion D A Look look look at your friends D They're winning again Am Em You never saw the palace Am Dm Am And the changing of the guard Em e a b Am Em In the yard Am Em You never saw the malice Am Dm When they read Am That he said Em e a b Am Em It was dead Am And was barred C G Am C Bm Am C G Am C Bm Am C G Am C Bm Am C G Am C Bm c b a g e e g g c b a g e e a b c DESCENDING: b a g e d c b a Am The airplane landed C D The rest is just a blur Am I stopped for interest's sake C G And witnessed quite a stir D The girl beside me cried F G It was too much for her C E The pundits were all thrown for a loop, to be sure Am G Am You did not see the world get changed You didn't see G Am You did not see them acting strange Any of the show G Em You did not smell that funny scent How will you ever know? Am Em Am It never told them what it all meant D E Am You did not see their egos get too big Your angel what a mark he made D E Am You did not see them wrestling pigs The throngs that followed every day F G C You did not see them break apart A generation and their kids E7 Am D E Am And all the little broken hearts Changed because of what they did Chorus: F G Am And everybody loved F G Am And everybody loved F G Am G C D E7 Am And everybody loved the songs your sons the singers wrote (Repeat chorus several times.) Am C D Am C G D F G a e a b c DESCENDING SLOWLY: b a g e d c b a music: copyright 1990 Jeff Stone, full song: copyright 1992 Jeff Stone, All Rights Reserved