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I Smell A Rat Chords

by Patty Griffin
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I Smell A Rat by Patty Griffin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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INTRO 

E 
I smell a rat, baby 
E 
I smell a rat, baby 
B7 
You’d better watch out 
E 
I smell a rat, babe 


verse 1 

E 
You won’t tell me where you been 
A7 
Whiskey running all down your chin 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
B7 
You’d better watch out 
E 
I smell a rat baby 

verse 2 

E 
You come stumbling down the hall 
A7 
Bump your head up against the wall 
E 
Knock down drunk and that ain’t all 
B7 
I know you been having yourself a ball 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
B7 
You’d better watch out 
E 
I smell a rat baby 

verse 3 

E 
You come stumbling down the hall 
A7 
Bump your head up against the wall 
E 
Knock down drunk and that ain’t all 
B7 
I know you been having yourself a ball 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
B7 
You’d better watch out 
E 
I smell a rat baby 
E 
I smell a rat baby...

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante