{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2666337,"song":"Rats Get Fat","artist":"The Hill Country Devil","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521160-rats-get-fat-chords-by-the-hill-country-devil/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2666337?type=chord","rating":4.724,"votes":64,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----0--0-------0--0----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nB|-----1--1-------1--1----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1----|\r\nG|-----2--2-------2--2----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nD|-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x4|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2|\r\nA|--0---------------------|--3-----------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|----------------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0-----|\r\nB|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1-----|\r\nG|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|-----2--2-------2--2-----2--2-------2--2-----|\r\nD|-----0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0h2--0--0--x2|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2-|\r\nA|-----------0h2------------------------------|--0------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3-----------------------------------------|----------------------0----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBetter men have died for less, rats get fat no matter where you've been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd San Antone'€™s a catacomb where Sirens speak the tongue of broken men[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey say your body is a credit card, sell your ass they're sure to get you well[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if they offer tainted points, just bleach the ends, add a crack upon your belt[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't all too long ago, crying out in a hospital gown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a bandage torn off from the chest and an oath to stick the landing coming down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe boarding house was an easy out, but it don't help when the noise begins to tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd every second is a minute and every minute is another endless hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo swing low, sweet northern wind to guide my weary bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't let them bury me in San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't you bury me in San Antone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----0--0-------0--0----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nB|-----1--1-------1--1----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1----|\r\nG|-----2--2-------2--2----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nD|-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x4|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2|\r\nA|--0---------------------|--3-----------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|----------------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0-----|\r\nB|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1-----|\r\nG|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|-----2--2-------2--2-----2--2-------2--2-----|\r\nD|-----0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0h2--0--0--x2|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2-|\r\nA|-----------0h2------------------------------|--0------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3-----------------------------------------|----------------------0----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPacing an apartment, gifted clothes hang tattered, torn, and loose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow deeply green the grass must be as it calls beyond the window of a noose[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd now cowardice is baring teeth, a fit of shakes in wait before the sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I only kill a part of me, the cost that buys some shelter for the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow morning comes with vengeance, taunted by the light now growing wild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBathing in the warmth she brings, a kick to shut down weeping like a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo begin the false bought clarity, the summoned strength to labor through the fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust to thumb a stolen wallet and to stumble towards another endless night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo swing low, mother misery let the shackles go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe gift of ease before I die alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I know I'll die alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----0--0-------0--0----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nB|-----1--1-------1--1----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1----|\r\nG|-----2--2-------2--2----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|\r\nD|-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x4|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2|\r\nA|--0---------------------|--3-----------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|----------------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0-----|\r\nB|-----3--3-------3--3-----3--3-------3--3----|-----1--1-------1--1-----1--1-------1--1-----|\r\nG|-----0--0-------0--0-----0--0-------0--0----|-----2--2-------2--2-----2--2-------2--2-----|\r\nD|-----0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0h2--0--0--x2|-----2--2--0h2--2--2-----2--2--0h2--2--2--x2-|\r\nA|-----------0h2------------------------------|--0------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3-----------------------------------------|----------------------0----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBetter men have died for less, but the rats get fat no matter where you've been[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","C","B","G","D","A","E","F","Dm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}