The Rat


The other tab is basically correct, i just have a few changes here. This is based off of their amsterdam acoustics video: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LhbdgCAbFYs&NR=1 Hardy and Walker both slam hard twice on the strings throughout the song. These will be with **. Hardy slams on Am while Walker slams on e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--------------------| D|--7-----------------| A|--7-----------------| E|--5-----------------| Chords used, C, Am, Em, barre chord F. During the song, Walker plays this while Hardy plays the chords. After 2 verses in the before the chorus, and right after the chorus for 2 verses, he begins strumming these Hardy's strumming also changes to straight up and down at the time Walker plays this. e|-------12---------------------------10----| B|----12---------------------------10-------| G|-12---------------------------11----------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| e|-------7----------------------------------| B|----8-------------------------------------| G|-9----------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| C Shoot from the back Am and take good aim Em Make sure I'm dead Em Bang Bang C 'Cause I'm a rat Am there's no mistake Em Under the bed Em where you sleep C Crush the skull Am make me tame Em Sweep it up Em Hide it away C No morals shown Am in no way explained Em Stupid human Am** Shit for brains Em Am Em Am** Em And draw tiny pictures Am 'round all the dead leaves Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang Em Throw your judgements Am across the breeze Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang Em You live inside of Am your Jesus dream Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang F (No Vocals) C Bang... Am Bang... Em (No Vocals) C Get some sleep Am or lie in wait Em Until the day Em I burn away C Forget the cause Am present the case Em to bring me down Em lose your words C I'll follow you Am into the grave Em and at the gates Em I see the passing say, C "The judge be judged, Am and all the wretched be saved." Em I throw my curse Am** all across your days Em Am Em Am** Em And draw tiny pictures Am 'round all the dead leaves Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang Em Throw your judgements Am across the breeze Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang Em You live inside Am your Jesus dream Em Bag and burn Am** Bang Bang F (No vocals) C Bang... Am Bang... Em (No Vocals Em (Strumming changes to up and down for this little section) Am Em Em Em Em Am** While Hardy plays that chunk, Walker plays a chord like this e|--0--------------------------| B|--0--------------------------| G|--10-------------------------| D|--10-------------------------| A|--8--------------------------| E|--9--------------------------| Em And draw tiny pictures Am 'round all the dead leaves Em Throw your judgements Em across the breeze Em Watch them float off Am to never be saved Em And You live inside Am** your Jesus dream Em Am Em Am** Em Am Em Am** Em*