Ryan Adams - Death And Rats Chords & Tabs

 

Death And Rats Chords & Tabs

Ryan Adams Chords & Tabs

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Death And Rats Chords

   
Death and Rats Chords
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
III/IV (2010
tabbed by levey13

Intro:

C D

G   C   Am   C D 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 (x20010)     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 (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
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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)