Capo 3 (Key of F) 
 
Asus4 - X02230 
Bm/A  - X04432 
 
       D                  A      G 
An old piece of rope held up his pants 
     D                         A     Asus4 A 
As I backed up he threw up his hands 
   D             A          G 
So I got out and closed the door 
    D                            A   Asus4  A 
And asked him what he stopped me for 
           C                           D 
He reached down and picked up a burlap bag 
             C            C/B              A   Asus4  A 
There at the city dump he showed me all he had 

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  G               A 
A blanket for the colder nights 
   D                    G 
An old King James and a pocket knife 
  Em                   G              A    Asus4 A  
A worn out watch and a lucky rabbit's foot 
  G            A 
A picture in a broken frame 
   D              G 
He said "I wish I knew her name" 
      F                                  Asus4  A   
As he gently brushed his hand across her face 
          A             D 
What some people throw away  
I turned to hide my tear-filled eyes 
Then shook his hand and said goodbye 
To me it was just a second load 
But he held it like a bag of gold 
I was too ashamed to tell him at the time 
Everything he was holding was mine 

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  G               A 
A blanket for the colder nights 
   D                    G 
An old King James and a pocket knife 
  Em                   G              A    Asus4 A  
A worn out watch and a lucky rabbit's foot 
  G            A 
A picture in a broken frame 
   D              G 
He said "I wish I knew her name" 
      F                                  Asus4  A   
As he gently brushed his hand across her face 
          A             G 
What some people throw away  
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A picture in a broken frame 
He'll never know i knew her name 
What I'd give to put that smile back on her face 
          A            Bm    Bm/A   G 
What some people throw away 
      F                                   A  
Oh it broke my heart to hear that old man say 
           A             D 
"What some people throw away"