King Rat

song : king rat
artist : modest mouse
album : released on vinyl between the “good news for people who like bad news” and
“we were dead before the ship even sank” albums
tabbed by : j goddard ( joestar636@hotmail . com )

chords :

C7 D# G#7 G7
E | – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – 4 – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 3 – – – 3 – – – – 5 – – – – 4 – – – |
D | – 5 – – – 5 – – – – 4 – – – – 3 – – – |
A | – 3 – – – 6 – – – – 6 – – – – 5 – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – 4 – – – – 3 – – – |

[ intro ] :

C7
well! [ x4 ]

[ verse ] :

C7 D#
we spun like birds on fire right down towards the residence and i
C7 G#7 G7
i took all that i desired , even crooks have to pay the rent .
C7 D#
we swam like rats on fire right , right down the reservoir
C7 G#7 G7
we took all that we could carry but we tried to carry more .

[ bridge ] :
C7 G#7 G7
and you know you know you know it all went wrong .
C7 G#7 G7
and you know you know you know it was all wrong .

[ verse ]
C7 D#
we choked on straight tap water well i’m gonna have to try the real thing
C7 G#7 G7
i took your laugh by the collar and it knew not to swing .
C7 D#
anytime i tried an honest job well the till had a hole and ha – ha
C7 G#7 G7
we laughed about payin’ rent ’cause the county jails they’re free .

[ bridge ]
C7 G#7 G7
and you know you know you know it all went wrong .
C7 G#7 G7
and you know you know you know it was all wrong .

[ chorus ] :
C7
deep water , deep water
G#7 G7
senseless denial
C7 G#7 G7
i went down like a rag doll as you would , child
C7
deep water , deep water
G#7 G7
senseless denial
C7 G#7 G7
i went down like a rag doll as you would , child

repeat the chords for the remaining parts of the song

[ verse ]
oh , lucky lucky lucky lucky me again .
i said it looks like i’ve got to use my feet again
well i just spent my last one – hundred dollars
god i’ll pay my bill again

oh , i don’t care
oh , how i just don’t care .

[ chorus ]
deep water , deep water
senseless denial
i went down like a rag doll shooken and shy
deep water , deep water
senseless denial
i went down like a rag doll rat of a child

[ verse ]
well king rat has me on his list again
i can never be on the fence again
i found out it’s all loud
open like an organ and it
talk , talk , talk , talk again
he promised me that when i cheated him
but i could open my eye well . . .
lucky , lucky , lucky , lucky , lucky ,
lucky , lucky , lucky , lucky , lucky me again .

[ chorus ]
deep water , deep water
this senseless denial
i got fed like a fish , full of open smiles
blue water , deep water
oh senseless denial
i got fed like a fish on the cardboard smiles

[ outro ] – for the outro , play the verse chord progression
well well . . .
what do you have to say for yourself?
i said , well well
well?
i said well , well , well , well!

lucky , lucky , lucky , lucky me again .
i hardly knew i should use my feet again
what do you have to say for yourself?
what do you have to say for yourself?

end on C7 and fade out

thats it . if you see any problems with the chords or you have any questions or
whatever , feel free to E – mail me on the address above .

thanks : )