I Smell A Rat Chords by Tab Benoit

Tempo:
71.55 bpm
Chords used:

Am

C

G

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tab Benoit - I smell A Rat chords
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[Am] [Gb]
[C] [Am]
[D] [E]
[G] [Am]
[Gb] [E] [D] [Am]
I
[Em] [Am] think I saw a rat in my [Abm] house.
[Am]
Maybe I believe he's got the two [G] legs.
[C] [Am]
[G] [Dm] Oh, I think I saw it in my house.
[Am] [Em] Maybe I believe he's walking [Am] around on two [C] legs.
[G] [Em] You know I need a rat in my [Dm] house like this now.
Just [Am] like I need a hole in my head.
[C] [Gm] You [Am] [Ab] claim to [C] be afraid at night.
[Am]
You said you can't stay home all alone.
[C] [Am]
[G] [D] [Dm] You said you're afraid, you're afraid to stay home at night.
[Am] [C] You said you didn't want to be [Am] home all alone.
[C] [E] [Em] But I keep smelling that [Dm] rat every time I get back.
[Am] And all you do is want to make me moan.
[Em] You [Am] got my back door wide open.
Baby, you say you're supposed to be afraid.
[C] [Am]
[G] [Am] [Dm] You got my back door, my back door wide open.
[Am] [E] And you tell [Am] me you're supposed to be afraid.
[C] [E] [Em] You know the last time I slept [Dm] with it open.
You know [Am] in New Orleans I almost lost my head.
Hey [G] girl, [E] [Gm] [Am] sometimes I think you're fooling me baby.
[C] [Am] [C] I do [Am] believe you're just driving me around.
[G] [C] [Dm] Sometimes I think you're fooling me baby.
[Am] Honey, I think you're just driving me around.
[Em] Why don't you just leave me [Dm] now woman?
You know I [Am] think there's another woman I can hold not to be found.
[Em] [Am] [Eb] [G] [Am]
[A] [D] [Gb] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [G] [D]
[Cm] [C] [Bm] [A]
[Am] [Ab] [Em] [D]
[Am] [Bb] [C]
[Em] [Gb] [G] [C]
I [D] [A]
[D] [Bb] [Bm]
[Ab] [C] [Gm] [D]
[B] [Em] [D]
[G] [C] [Db]
[N] [Am] think if you would have ever explained.
[C] [Am] [C] Honey, I'm not that hard [Am] to understand.
[C] [Dm] Could you ever sit down, sit down and try to explain?
[Am] [C] Baby, I'm [Am] not that hard to understand.
[C] [Eb] [E] [Gm] [Em] You wouldn't be sleeping with that [Dm] back door open.
[Am] Baby, if you're there with another man.
Oh, [Em] [Am] you're so good.
[C] [Am] [C] I don't believe [Gm] I could leave [Am] you alone.
[Dm] Hey, you're so sweet to me.
[Am] Baby, I don't believe I could leave you alone.
[Em] So stay and keep it like you [Dm] got it woman.
Oh, it's [Am] trying to make me a happy [D] home.
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[E] [Am] [Em]
[Eb] [G] [Am] [C]
[G] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [C]
[E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Tab Benoit - I Smell A Rat chords, practice playing C, Am, Em, Dm, Am and C in sequence. For best results, commence at 35 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 72. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of C Major.

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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ I _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] think I saw a rat in my [Abm] house.
[Am] _
Maybe I believe he's got the two [G] legs.
[C] _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, I think I saw it in my house.
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] Maybe I believe he's walking [Am] around on two [C] legs.
_ [G] _ [Em] _ You know I need a rat in my [Dm] house like this now.
Just [Am] like I need a hole in my head.
[C] _ [Gm] You [Am] [Ab] claim to [C] be afraid at night.
[Am] _
You said you can't stay home all alone.
[C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] You said you're afraid, you're afraid to stay home at night.
_ [Am] _ [C] You said you didn't want to be [Am] home all alone.
[C] _ [E] _ _ [Em] But I keep smelling that [Dm] rat every time I get back.
[Am] And all you do is want to make me moan.
[Em] You _ [Am] got my back door wide open. _
Baby, you say you're supposed to be afraid.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ You got my back door, my back door wide open.
_ _ [Am] _ [E] And you tell [Am] me you're supposed to be afraid.
[C] _ [E] _ _ [Em] You know the last time I slept [Dm] with it open.
_ You know [Am] in New Orleans I almost lost my head.
Hey [G] girl, [E] _ [Gm] _ [Am] sometimes I think you're fooling me baby.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ [C] I do [Am] believe you're just driving me around.
[G] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ Sometimes I think you're fooling me baby.
_ _ [Am] _ Honey, I think you're just driving me around.
_ [Em] _ Why don't you just leave me [Dm] now woman?
_ You know I [Am] think there's another woman I can hold not to be found.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [Gb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ [Am] _ think if you would have ever explained. _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ [C] Honey, I'm not that hard [Am] to understand.
[C] _ _ [Dm] Could you ever sit down, sit down and try to explain?
_ _ [Am] _ [C] Baby, I'm [Am] not that hard to understand.
[C] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [Gm] [Em] You wouldn't be sleeping with that [Dm] back door open.
_ [Am] Baby, if you're there with another man.
Oh, [Em] _ _ [Am] you're so good. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] I don't believe [Gm] I could leave [Am] you alone.
_ _ _ [Dm] Hey, you're so sweet to me. _
_ _ _ [Am] Baby, I don't believe I could leave you alone.
_ _ [Em] So stay and keep it like you [Dm] got it woman.
_ Oh, it's [Am] trying to make me a happy [D] home.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Eb] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _

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