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Death And Rats

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Death and Rats Chords
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
III/IV (2010
tabbed by levey13
Intro:
C D
G  C  Am CD
           x2   
G                              C
When I see the light why is it terrifying?
     Am
It's terrifying, It's coming up
    D
I'm going down
G                                 C
Down into the streets that got me here
                Am
It's blinding, blinding light
                     C    D
It's not supposed to rain today
C       C/B           Am
         (x20010)     
I see it now, it was just moving too fast
C        C/B          Am
I see it now like a reflection in my past
C         C/B            Am
Rivers of poison that surround us on an island
        D        Dsus4D          Dsus4
                              (xx0233)
Full of death and rats, subways and taxicabs
    G C                    Am
And you and those blinding lights
    G  C                    Am     C  D
Yeah you and those blinding lights
G                               C
I just want to sleep, why is it never over
    Am                                  D
The day before keeps running through my head
           G                         C
I need the downs in the street, it's awe inspiring
      Am                                C   D
These strangers passing nobody stops to say goodbye
C        C/B              Am
I see it now, it was just moving too fast
C        C/B          Am
I see it now like a reflection in my past
C         C/B         Am
Rivers of poison that surround us on an island
        D         Dsus4 D           Dsus4
Full of death and rats, subways and taxicabs
D         Dsus4    D                   Dsus4
All night bars and mistakes you know I made before
D        Dsus4   D           Dsus4
Days and nights, endless and overripe
D         Dsus4              D             Dsus4
Buses and traffic lights and tourists with subway maps and
G  C                   Am
You and those blinding lights
     G  C                   Am     C  D
Yeah you and those blinding lights
     G  C                   Am
Yeah you and those blinding lights
     G  C                   Am
Yeah you and those blinding lights
               C     D   G
Shining on the death and rats
*You can either play the chords normally but it also sounds good on an 
acoustic if you play them like this:
G
 (320033
C
 (x32033)
Am
 (x02033)
C/B
 (x20033)

Death And Rats chords and lyrics

Free chords for Death And Rats by Ryan Adams. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Death and Rats Chords
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
III/IV (2010
tabbed by levey13
Intro:
C D
G   C   Am   C D x2   
*You can either play the chords normally but it also sounds good on an 
acoustic if you play them like this:
G (320033
C (x32033)
Am (x02033)
C/B (x20033)

Death And Rats Chords by Ryan Adams

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