Rags To Riches

Words & Music by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1953 (#1)


D  F#m     Bm      Bm7/E     G     G/F#  Em7  Em6
I know I'd go from rags to riches

A  Em        Edim G/B      D    F#m  B7
If you would only say you care;

    Cdim      B7    Cdim    Em    B+  Em7  Em6  A
And though my pocket may be empty,

    Em7  A     Edim    D     Bm7    A7
I'd be a mil - lion - aire.


D  F#m          Bm      Bm7/E     G     G/F#  Em7  Em6
My clothes may still be torn and tattered,

A   Em    Edim      G/B    D    F#m  B7
But in my heart I'd be a king;

     Cdim     B7      Cdim Em       B+  Em7  Em6  A
Your love is all that ever mattered --

A    Em7  Cdim   A7
It's ev - 'ry - thing.


A7+5 D9  F#m       Bm Bm7/E       A    Em7  A7  
 So  o - pen your arms and you'll open the door

Em7 Edim      A7       G    D  G       D
 To ev' - ry treasure that I'm hopin' for;

D9  F#m      Bm Bm7/E    A   Em7       A7  Em7   A7  D
Hold me and kiss me and tell me you're mine ev - er more.


D  F#m    Bm  Bm7/E   G     G/F#  Em7  Em6
Must I forever  be a beggar

A      Em    Edim        G/B       D    F#m  B7
Whose golden dreams will not come true?

   Cdim   B7      Cdim     Em       B+  Em7  Em6  A
Or will I go from rags to riches?

A  Em7  A A7/6 A7  D  G  D
My fate is up  to you.


*Suggested by recent visitors David Williams and Charles DeGeso.


 
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