What Some People Throw Away

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


 CHORUS 1:
   G               A
 A blanket for the colder nights
    D                    G
 An old King James and a pocket 
knife
   Em                   G   
 A worn out watch and a lucky 
           A    Asus4 A
rabbit's foot
   G            A
 A picture in a broken frame
    D               G
 He said, "I wish I knew her name"
       F                      
 As he gently brushed his hand 
            Asus4  A
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


 CHORUS 2:
 A blanket for the colder nights
 An old King James and a pocket 
knife
 A worn out watch and a lucky 
rabbits foot
 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             G
 What some people throw away


 INSTRUMENTAL:


 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    
 What some people throw away
Bm/A   G

        F                          
 Oh, it broke my heart to hear that
         A
 old man say
            A             D
 "What some people throw away"