Balthazar
"Sinking Ship"
Rats (2012)

Tuning : Standard





RYTHM GUITAR



Chords :

C# (x43121@1)  G#m (133111@4) B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)  Bbm (x13321@1) Fm (133111@1)  Ebme|---4-----4-----2-----2-----6-----8-----6----| (xx4342@1)B|---6-----4-----4-----2-----6-----9-----7----|
G|---6-----4-----4-----3-----6-----10----8----|
D|---6-----6-----4-----4-----9-----10----8----|
A|---4-----6-----2-----4-----9-----8-----6----|
E|---------4-----------2-----6----------------|



Intro :

C#, G#m, B, F#



Verse :

C# (x43121@1)                                      G#mI (133111@4)can feel it coming up and spreading inside of me
   B (x2444x@1)                                       F#It (244322@1)warms the blood and it eats away the memory
        C# (x43121@1)                                  G#mFrom (133111@4)my pen you expected the sweet honey to drip
        B (x2444x@1)                                        F#But (244322@1)the words come out like rats leaving a sinking ship, yeah, look at them run



Intro :

C#, G#m, B, F#



Verse :

C# (x43121@1)                                  G#mYour (133111@4)famous discretion, how you so proudly call it,
           B (x2444x@1)                                             F#Well, (244322@1)I'm afraid, honey, that it crumbled down to the powder in your wallet
     C# (x43121@1)                                     G#mAnd (133111@4)all the different shapes and forms which you control
       B (x2444x@1)                             F#From (244322@1)the whitest and purest to the whore of alcohol, ah, look at her run



Bridge :

Bbm, Fm, Ebm (x2)

Bbm (x13321@1)         Fm (133111@1) EbmWe'll (xx4342@1)get to know your sad side again (x4)



Outro :

C#, G#m, B, F# (x2)









LEAD GUITAR



Intro + verses :

C# (x43121@1)            G#m (133111@4)            B (x2444x@1)            F#e|--------------------------------------------------------| (244322@1)B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------3~---|
D|---3~-------------------------------1~------------------|
A|-------------------2~-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|



Riff between the verses :

C# (x43121@1)                           G#me|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9---------| (133111@4)B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----------7/9------------7/9-9--|
G|--6-----------6--6---------------8-----------8--8------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B (x2444x@1)                            F#e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9--9---9--| (244322@1)B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----7-----7/9---7--7------------|
G|--6-----------6--6-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

When Jinte plays the guitar, he plays this riff one octave lower :

C# (x43121@1)                           G#me|-------------------------------------------------------------| (133111@4)B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6---------|
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----------4/6------------4/6-6--|
A|--4-----------4--4---------------6-----------6--6------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B (x2444x@1)                            F#e|-------------------------------------------------------------| (244322@1)B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6--6---6--|
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----4-----4/6---4--4------------|
A|--4-----------4--4-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|



Bridge :

Bbm (x13321@1)     Fm (133111@1)       Ebme|--------------------------------------------| (xx4342@1)B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------6/5~-------4/3~----------------|
A|---4~---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|



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