• Song:

    The Rat

  • Artist:

    Dead Confederate

  • Album:

    Dead Confederates

Lead Guitar: intro and chorus >>> there is some variation, these are the basics

e|-------15---------------------------14----|
B|----17---------------------------15-------|
G|-16---------------------------14----------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|


--------12----12--10----10--10/12--12--12/10-|
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--12-----------------------------------------|
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the lead guitarist goes between the above riff and the riff below during the verse 
basically the same but with strumming)

e|15-15-15-15-15-15-15----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|17-17-17-17-17-17-17----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G|16-16-16-16-16-16-16----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
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Lead and 2nd Guitar: usually both play once hard on each word of "Bang, Bang" during the 
and also right before the chorus> note asterisk(**)

e|-5---5---|
B|-5---5---|
G|-5---5---|
D|-0---0---|
A|-0---0---|
E|-0---0---|


2nd Guitar: All open chords >>> 16th notes in the same pattern as the lead

C
Shoot from the back,
Am
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
Em
Shit for brains**

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang**

Throw your judgments
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang***

You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang**

Am   Am
Bang Bang

Get some sleep
or lie in wait
Until the day
I run away

Forget the corpse
present the case
to bring me down
and lose your words

I'll follow you
into the grave
and at the gates
I see the passing say,

"The judge be judged,
and all the rich be saved."
I throw my curse
all across your days**

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang**

Throw your judgments
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang**

You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang**

Am   Am
Bang Bang

C  Am  Em  Em
C  Am  Em  Em

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days

Throw your judgments
across the breeze

Watch them float off
to never be saved

You live inside
your Jesus dream**

C  Am  Em  Em
C  Am  Em  Em
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