The Kinks – Rats (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (3)

Auto-scroll

Chords

INTRO: E | A A - G - F#m - E - D - E E | A A - G - F#m - E - D - E E | D D - C# - D - C# - D - E E | D D - C# - D - C# - D - E E | E
      E                             G 
I was lost just wandering round downtown 

                        A 
Many people were pushing me around 

      C           D             A A - G - F#m - E - D - E E 
Hate spreads just like infection 

      E                          G 
Those rats jumping on and off my back 

                          A 
Fat black rats holding me down 

      C       D 
I see rats in every direction 

A  A    G  F#m    E    D EE 
No time to catch your breath 

A A    G     F#m   E     D E E 
Crazy people lost their  heads 

D D     C#    D  C# D  E E   D D  C# D    C# D      E 
Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat   

         E                         G
Those rats breeding angriness and spite 

                         A         C           D         A A - G - F#m - E - D - E E
Never have done anything right for people like you and me 

        E                          G
Walk over all the people you can't see

                                   A 
If they die there's more bread for me 

        C            D                
Like snakes crawling through the grass 

A  A    G  F#    E    D E E 
No time to catch your breath 

AA    G     F#   E     D E E 
Crazy people lost their  heads 

D D     C#    D  C# D  E E   D D  C# D    C# D      E 
Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat   

      E                           G
Those rats breeding angriness and spite 

                         A         C           D         
Never have done anything right for people like you and me 

A A  G    F#m E   D    E  E 
See that face man look at me, 

A A   G   F#m E  D    E  E 
he's much too selfish to see 

D D  C# D   C#   D   E   E
Once he was warm and was kind 

D D  C# D   C#   D   E   E
Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind 

A A  G    F#m E   D    E  E 
See that face man look at me,

A A   G   F#m E  D    E  E 
he's much too selfish to see 

D D  C# D   C#   D   E   E
Once he was warm and was kind

D D  C# D   C#   D   E   E
Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind