Chords for Buddy Guy - I Smell A Rat
Tempo:
68.45 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#m
Em
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Roar
[Em]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
[B]
[F#]
[E] [D] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm] [E]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
I need a rat in [D] my house.
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[B] [F#m]
[Em]
[Bm] [A] [F#]
Yeah, boy, [Bm] yeah.
A rat in my house.
[D]
Honey, baby, I [Am] believe he got just [Bm] two legs.
Yes.
[Em] Oh, I smell a rat.
I smell a rat in my house.
Yeah.
Honey, I think [A] he's walking around too late.
[D]
[F#m] You know I need a rat in my [E] house like this now.
[B]
Just like I need a [F#m] hole in my head.
[F#]
[Bm] You claim to be a rat at night.
You said you can't stay home all alone.
[F#] [Bm] Oh, [Em] you said you're a rat.
You're afraid to stay home at night.
You said you didn't want to be home [D] alone.
[F#m] Oh, but I keep smelling that rat every time I get [Em] back.
And all you [Bm] do is want to make me [F#m] moan.
[Bm]
You got my [F#m] back door wide open.
[D] Baby, you say you're supposed to be fresh.
[F#m] Yes.
No, baby.
[E] Oh, you got my back [Em] door wide open.
And [Bm] you [F#m] tell me you're supposed [Bm] to be a [E] fresh.
[F#m] [B] You know the last time I snapped [Em] with it open,
[D] you know in Chicago [Bm] I almost lost my head.
[F#]
[Bm] Sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[B] [D] And I do believe you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] You got to stop that.
Uh-huh.
[Em] Oh, sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[Bm] Uh [E]-huh.
Honey, I think you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] Why don't you leave me [Em] alone, woman?
[D] You know, I think there's [Bm] another woman I can go, [D] I can be found.
[Bm] Oh, oh, oh.
[F#] Oh, oh, [Bm] oh.
What's the matter, baby?
What's the matter?
[A]
[Bm] What's the matter?
[E] [Em] What's the matter?
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [D]
[Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em]
[E] [B]
[F#m] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [F#] What's the matter?
I think if you're willing to [Bm] explain, [E]
honey, I'm not that [B] hard to understand.
[F#] No.
[Em] Did you ever try to sit down and explain?
[D] Honey, I'm not that hard [Bm] to understand.
[F#] [F#m] You wouldn't be sleeping with the back door [Em] open. Uh-huh.
Baby, if it there [D] wasn't another man.
But [F#] you know what?
[E] You're so good.
[B] I [D] don't believe I would leave you alone.
Not the woman.
[Em] Oh, you're so sweet to me.
[B] [D] I don't believe I [Bm] could leave you alone.
[D] [F#m] Stay and keep it [Em] like you got it, woman.
[B] [Bm] And probably make me a happy home.
[F#m] [B]
[Bm] Yeah.
[F#]
[E]
[Em] [B] [D]
[B] [F#m] [F#m] [Em]
[Bm]
[D] [B] [D]
[Bm]
[G] [E] [E]
[Em] [B] [F#m]
[Em]
[B] [F] [E] Yeah. Yeah.
[F#] Yeah. Yeah.
[D] Yeah.
[N]
[Em]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
[B]
[F#]
[E] [D] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm] [E]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
I need a rat in [D] my house.
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[B] [F#m]
[Em]
[Bm] [A] [F#]
Yeah, boy, [Bm] yeah.
A rat in my house.
[D]
Honey, baby, I [Am] believe he got just [Bm] two legs.
Yes.
[Em] Oh, I smell a rat.
I smell a rat in my house.
Yeah.
Honey, I think [A] he's walking around too late.
[D]
[F#m] You know I need a rat in my [E] house like this now.
[B]
Just like I need a [F#m] hole in my head.
[F#]
[Bm] You claim to be a rat at night.
You said you can't stay home all alone.
[F#] [Bm] Oh, [Em] you said you're a rat.
You're afraid to stay home at night.
You said you didn't want to be home [D] alone.
[F#m] Oh, but I keep smelling that rat every time I get [Em] back.
And all you [Bm] do is want to make me [F#m] moan.
[Bm]
You got my [F#m] back door wide open.
[D] Baby, you say you're supposed to be fresh.
[F#m] Yes.
No, baby.
[E] Oh, you got my back [Em] door wide open.
And [Bm] you [F#m] tell me you're supposed [Bm] to be a [E] fresh.
[F#m] [B] You know the last time I snapped [Em] with it open,
[D] you know in Chicago [Bm] I almost lost my head.
[F#]
[Bm] Sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[B] [D] And I do believe you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] You got to stop that.
Uh-huh.
[Em] Oh, sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[Bm] Uh [E]-huh.
Honey, I think you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] Why don't you leave me [Em] alone, woman?
[D] You know, I think there's [Bm] another woman I can go, [D] I can be found.
[Bm] Oh, oh, oh.
[F#] Oh, oh, [Bm] oh.
What's the matter, baby?
What's the matter?
[A]
[Bm] What's the matter?
[E] [Em] What's the matter?
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [D]
[Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em]
[E] [B]
[F#m] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [F#] What's the matter?
I think if you're willing to [Bm] explain, [E]
honey, I'm not that [B] hard to understand.
[F#] No.
[Em] Did you ever try to sit down and explain?
[D] Honey, I'm not that hard [Bm] to understand.
[F#] [F#m] You wouldn't be sleeping with the back door [Em] open. Uh-huh.
Baby, if it there [D] wasn't another man.
But [F#] you know what?
[E] You're so good.
[B] I [D] don't believe I would leave you alone.
Not the woman.
[Em] Oh, you're so sweet to me.
[B] [D] I don't believe I [Bm] could leave you alone.
[D] [F#m] Stay and keep it [Em] like you got it, woman.
[B] [Bm] And probably make me a happy home.
[F#m] [B]
[Bm] Yeah.
[F#]
[E]
[Em] [B] [D]
[B] [F#m] [F#m] [Em]
[Bm]
[D] [B] [D]
[Bm]
[G] [E] [E]
[Em] [B] [F#m]
[Em]
[B] [F] [E] Yeah. Yeah.
[F#] Yeah. Yeah.
[D] Yeah.
[N]
Key:
Bm
F#m
Em
D
B
Bm
F#m
Em
Roar _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ I need a rat in [D] my house.
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
Yeah, boy, [Bm] yeah.
A rat in my house.
_ [D]
Honey, baby, I [Am] believe he got just [Bm] two legs.
Yes. _
[Em] Oh, I smell a rat.
I smell a rat in my house.
Yeah. _ _
_ Honey, I think [A] he's walking around too late.
_ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ You know I need a rat in my [E] house like this now.
[B] _
Just like I need a [F#m] hole in my head.
[F#] _ _
_ [Bm] You claim to be a rat at night.
_ You said you can't stay home all alone.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ Oh, [Em] you said you're a rat.
You're afraid to stay home at night. _ _
You said you didn't want to be home [D] alone. _ _ _ _
[F#m] Oh, but I keep smelling that rat every time I get [Em] back.
And all you [Bm] do is want to make me [F#m] moan.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ You got my [F#m] back door wide open.
_ [D] Baby, you say you're supposed to be fresh.
_ [F#m] _ Yes.
No, baby.
[E] Oh, you got my back [Em] door wide open.
_ And _ [Bm] you [F#m] tell me you're supposed [Bm] to be a [E] fresh.
_ [F#m] _ [B] You know the last time I snapped [Em] with it open,
[D] you know in Chicago [Bm] I almost lost my head.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] Sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[B] _ [D] And I do believe you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] You got to stop that.
Uh-huh.
_ [Em] Oh, sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby. _
[Bm] Uh [E]-huh.
Honey, I think you're just [Bm] driving me around.
_ [F#m] _ Why don't you leave me [Em] alone, woman?
[D] You know, I think there's [Bm] another woman I can go, [D] I can be found.
[Bm] Oh, oh, oh.
[F#] Oh, oh, [Bm] _ oh.
What's the matter, baby?
What's the matter?
_ [A] _
[Bm] What's the matter? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] What's the matter? _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] What's the matter?
I think if you're willing to [Bm] explain, _ _ _ _ _ [E]
honey, I'm not that [B] hard to understand.
[F#] No.
_ [Em] Did you ever try to sit down and explain?
_ _ _ [D] Honey, I'm not that hard [Bm] to understand.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] You wouldn't be sleeping with the back door [Em] open. Uh-huh.
Baby, if it there [D] wasn't another man.
But [F#] you know what?
_ [E] _ You're so good.
[B] _ _ _ _ I [D] don't believe I would leave you alone.
Not the woman.
_ [Em] Oh, you're so sweet to me.
_ _ [B] _ [D] I don't believe I [Bm] could leave you alone.
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ Stay and keep it [Em] like you got it, woman.
[B] _ [Bm] And probably make me a happy home.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] Yeah. Yeah.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah. Yeah.
_ [D] _ _ Yeah.
_ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ I need a rat in [D] my house.
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
Yeah, boy, [Bm] yeah.
A rat in my house.
_ [D]
Honey, baby, I [Am] believe he got just [Bm] two legs.
Yes. _
[Em] Oh, I smell a rat.
I smell a rat in my house.
Yeah. _ _
_ Honey, I think [A] he's walking around too late.
_ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ You know I need a rat in my [E] house like this now.
[B] _
Just like I need a [F#m] hole in my head.
[F#] _ _
_ [Bm] You claim to be a rat at night.
_ You said you can't stay home all alone.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ Oh, [Em] you said you're a rat.
You're afraid to stay home at night. _ _
You said you didn't want to be home [D] alone. _ _ _ _
[F#m] Oh, but I keep smelling that rat every time I get [Em] back.
And all you [Bm] do is want to make me [F#m] moan.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ You got my [F#m] back door wide open.
_ [D] Baby, you say you're supposed to be fresh.
_ [F#m] _ Yes.
No, baby.
[E] Oh, you got my back [Em] door wide open.
_ And _ [Bm] you [F#m] tell me you're supposed [Bm] to be a [E] fresh.
_ [F#m] _ [B] You know the last time I snapped [Em] with it open,
[D] you know in Chicago [Bm] I almost lost my head.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] Sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby.
[B] _ [D] And I do believe you're just [Bm] driving me around.
[F#m] You got to stop that.
Uh-huh.
_ [Em] Oh, sometimes I think you're fooling me, baby. _
[Bm] Uh [E]-huh.
Honey, I think you're just [Bm] driving me around.
_ [F#m] _ Why don't you leave me [Em] alone, woman?
[D] You know, I think there's [Bm] another woman I can go, [D] I can be found.
[Bm] Oh, oh, oh.
[F#] Oh, oh, [Bm] _ oh.
What's the matter, baby?
What's the matter?
_ [A] _
[Bm] What's the matter? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] What's the matter? _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] What's the matter?
I think if you're willing to [Bm] explain, _ _ _ _ _ [E]
honey, I'm not that [B] hard to understand.
[F#] No.
_ [Em] Did you ever try to sit down and explain?
_ _ _ [D] Honey, I'm not that hard [Bm] to understand.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] You wouldn't be sleeping with the back door [Em] open. Uh-huh.
Baby, if it there [D] wasn't another man.
But [F#] you know what?
_ [E] _ You're so good.
[B] _ _ _ _ I [D] don't believe I would leave you alone.
Not the woman.
_ [Em] Oh, you're so sweet to me.
_ _ [B] _ [D] I don't believe I [Bm] could leave you alone.
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ Stay and keep it [Em] like you got it, woman.
[B] _ [Bm] And probably make me a happy home.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] Yeah. Yeah.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah. Yeah.
_ [D] _ _ Yeah.
_ [N] _ _