| Bm | |
| Ah, T | om will show and Tom will smoke |
| A | |
| T | om is as bold as a knight of old |
| Bm | A | |
| But wh | enever he gets into a b | it of a jam |
| F# | Bm | |
| There's no | thing he won't do to get a H | arry Rag |
| CHORUS: |
| Bm | A | |
| H | arry Rag! Harry Rag! D | o anything just to get a Harry Rag |
| Bm | A | |
| And he cu | rses himself for the li | fe he's led |
| F# | |
| And ro | lls himself a Harry Rag |
| Bm | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | Bm | |
| And pu | ts 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 at harlant@hawaii.edu) |