Chords for There's a Rat Loose In My House

_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Oh!
_ _ [Bb] _ Now it's a [D] little different from what you've been hearing about at Glendale.
[F] _ _ But [Bb] I hope you like it, huh?
_ [C] So here's the story. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ There's a [Cm] rat loose in my [Bb] house
_ _ _ [Fm] And he [F] only comes out when I'm not at [Cm] home _
_ [F] Yeah
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] Yes, there's a rat [Dm] loose in [Bb] my house Uh-huh
_ _ _ [Fm] He only comes [F] out when I'm gone _ _
_ Yeah, Lord
I've _ _ [C] got a sink [Gm] full of dirty dishes
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] Oh Lord, and my bed is [F] full of _ crumbs
[Bb] And _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] you know [Bb] my icebox is empty
_ _ _ _ _ Every [Fm] time I come home [F] from work
_ I _ _ _ _ _ think I'll say it again
_ [Bb] And you know my icebox is empty
Every [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
time I come [F] home from work _ _
_ Something's going on _ _ _
_ _ [C] Somebody's heating up my food _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ And having my woman for [F] _ dessert
_ [Bb] _
_ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ My blue [Cm] suit is missing
_ [Bb] And _ _ _ [Fm]
you [F] don't know how bad it makes me feel
_ Yeah
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] My blue suit, my blue [Fm] suit is [Dm] missing
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
And you know how bad it makes me feel
_ [Cm] _
_ [F] Uh-huh
_ You know what [F] else?
_ And when [C] I asked my woman about it
_ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] I said, Bobby, I gave it to [F] the goodwill
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ Help [Cm] me, somebody
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
You dirty rat
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] _ A [Cm] big fat rat
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh [Fm]
Lord
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] You know anything about a [Cm]
rat wolf?
_ _ _ _ Uh-uh
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Oh [Fm] Lord _
_ _ [F] Oh Lord
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] I'm [C] gonna set a trap
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] And beat him at the game he [Cm] plays
_ [F] I'm gonna leave [Cm] his favorite food
[F] In [C] his favorite negligee
[Eb] _ _ [F] I'm [C] gonna sneak back and catch him
[Eb] _ [F] In _ the act
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] I'm [B] gonna shoot that rat
[Cm] _ [F] With a half-inch bat
_ _ [Bb] Has a rat loose [D] in my [F] house?
_ Yeah
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
He only comes out [F] when I'm not at home
_ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] Yeah, Lord _ _
_ _ [C] I've got a sink [Gm] full of dirty dishes
_ Uh [Bb]-huh
[Fm] And my bed is full [F] of crumbs
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [C] Now wait a minute _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ That rat don't drive no car
He _ don't even have a driver's license
_ _ I'm talking about a two-legged rat
_ _ _ And I don't like that
[Bb] I've got a rat loose in my house _ _ _ _ _ _
He only [F] comes out when I'm not at home _
_ _ Oh Lord _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] I'm gonna sneak back and catch that rat
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
Well, with a [F] half-inch [Am] bat
_ [Bb] _
_ [B] And you [C] know, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] gentlemen
_ _ You know what I'm talking about
It could be a rat in your town _
First of all
I better not catch no rat in Memphis, Tennessee
_ _ Or I'm gonna break his [Cm] back
_ _ [Bb] I've got a rat loose [Fm] in my house
[Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
He only comes out [F] when I'm not at home _
_ _ Oh Lord
I _ _ _ [C] said I'm a [Gm] low-life _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
woman
And I [F] don't like that
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ [C] Listen _ _
_ _ [F] There's a rat in the house
And I don't like it _ _
_ _ Ragged dirty rat _ _
_ That he can stab with
_ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [D] _ Oh Lord
I don't _ like that
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
You know I [F] don't like that, no _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh
[Fm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't like that _ _ _ _ _