Death And Rats Chords
by Ryan Adams
Death And Rats by Ryan Adams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G, Am, C/B and Dsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C D
G C Am C D x2
G C
When I see the light why is it terrifying?
Am
It's terrifying, It's coming up
D
I'm going down
G C
Down into the streets that got me here
Am
It's blinding, blinding light
C D
It's not supposed to rain today
C C/B (x20010) Am
I see it now, it was just moving too fast
C C/B Am
I see it now like a reflection in my past
C C/B Am
Rivers of poison that surround us on an island
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 (xx0233)
Full of death and rats, subways and taxicabs
G C Am
And you and those blinding lights
G C Am C D
Yeah you and those blinding lights
G C
I just want to sleep, why is it never over
Am D
The day before keeps running through my head
G C
I need the downs in the street, it's awe inspiring
Am C D
These strangers passing nobody stops to say goodbye
C C/B Am
I see it now, it was just moving too fast
C C/B Am
I see it now like a reflection in my past
C C/B Am
Rivers of poison that surround us on an island
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Full of death and rats, subways and taxicabs
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
All night bars and mistakes you know I made before
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Days and nights, endless and overripe
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Buses and traffic lights and tourists with subway maps and
G C Am
You and those blinding lights
G C Am C D
Yeah you and those blinding lights
G C Am
Yeah you and those blinding lights
G C Am
Yeah you and those blinding lights
C D G
Shining on the death and rats