WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Ray Scott - Rats Don't Race Chords | Ver. 1
Rats Don't Race
written by Scott/Moore/Wheeler
11/24/05
NOTE: Recording is played tuned a half-step down (E to Eb, A to Ab, etc), in E,
without a capo. Use the subsequent chords:
D = E
A = B
G = A
C = D
CAPO I
INTRO: D G-G A-G D G-G A-G D
D
Old Ronnie's totin' shingles up a ladder for Steve
A D
Steve fixed Ronnie's transmission last week
D
Friday night there'll be spaghetti, 5 dollars a plate
A D
To help get Curtis Wright's doctor's bills paid
C G
For every able-bodied man there's a fire department volunteer
A D
The rats don't race around here
D G-G A-G
D
We got 30 day credit at the hardware store
A D
You don't need a Mastercard to buy a two-by-four
D
Saturday's for fishin', 'n Sunday's for church
A D
Here it ain't a career it's 5 days of work
C G
The trashman's a trashman not a sanitation engineer
A D
The rats don't race around here
CHORUS:
G A
There ain't no need to ride a bus into work each day
G A D
Nobody's fightin' for a parkin' place
C G
You might get passed on the road by an old John Deere
A D
The rats don't race around here
SOLO
CHORUS:
G A
There ain't no need to ride a bus into work each day
G A D
Nobody's fightin' for a parkin' place
C G
You might get passed on the road by an old John Deere
C G
Somebody wins a trophy at the drag strip every year
A D
But the rats don't race around here
D G-G A-G
D G G A G D
Ya'll the rats don't race around here
D G-G A G D A-G D
We like that domestic beer
