The Rat Who Would Be King / Matthew Good Band / The Audio Of Being / 2001 Tabbed by Kathtastrophy Tuning: Standard I adapted this song for rhythm acoustic. Its very simple and you can play it along to the song. Like all Good's songs play around with hammer-ons and completely removing strings from a chord. This a very basic outline. Be creative with it. G 320033 Am x02210 C x32010 F 133211 F and Fmaj9 are somewhat interchangeable Fmaj9 x33010 I prefer the sound of Fmaj9 though G/Am 302210 F#/Am 20(2)210 F/Am 10(2)210 or A regular barred F Listen to the song to get the timing. If its confusing I can make a video. Intro G Am C Fmaj9 Verse 1: G Am C Fmaj9 Even a blind G Am C Fmaj9 squirrel finds a nut G Am C Fmaj9 once in a while G Am C Fmaj9 Once you're in you're pretty much fucked G Am C Fmaj9 When I was the rat G Am C Fmaj9 The rat who would be king G Am C Fmaj9 I imagined typhoid G Am C Fmaj9 and us alone always us alone Chorus: C Am G F And I've waited on the sidelines all this time all this time C Am G F And I've a grenade with our names scratched on the side C But that's just love Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am And you know that love's not enough Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am Love's not enough G Am C Fmaj9 x2 Verse2: (same as 1: G Am C Fmaj9) Crawl from the sea Wait for some thumbs A greatness to breed Build the Mall of America When I was the rat The rat who would be king I imagined ashes and us alone Always us alone Chorus: C Am G F And I've waited on the sidelines all this time all this time C Am G F And I've a grenade with our names scratched on the side C But that's just love Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am And you know that love's not enough Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am Love's not enough (x3) Outro: Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am For the end chorus I prefer using a G/C instead of C and the F instead of F/Am. Gives it more impact. **Any questions about the progression or variation chords message me through my profile! Hope this works out for you!**
