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Rancid - Rats In The Hallway Tabs

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Rats In The Hallway Tabs

(ver. 1)
Rancid
RATS IN THE HALLWAY

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     F    Bb   C    G    D
e|---X----X----X----X----X----|
B|---X----X----X----X----X----|
G|---X----3----5----X----7----|
D|---3----3----5----5----7----|
A|---3----1----3----5----5----|
E|---1----X----X----3----X----|

RIFF A:
e|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-|
B|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-11-8------11-8------11-8------11-8------|
B|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8------11-8------11-8------11-8------11-8-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-|
B|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

                                                            Stop! (bass riff)
e|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8-11-8------11-8------11-8------11-8------|
B|-6-6-6-6-8-6-6-6-6-6-8------11-8------11-8------11-8------11-8-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


C           F       C               F        
Knock knock come in you wanna fight I'm gonna win
C                 F
I'll take you out in a minute
C               F
Step in my flat see what's in it

C                         F
I live in the land of the welfare state
   C               F
My flat used to be section eight
C                       F
Now it's a rat infested cocaine run
   C                        F
My whole world plays like a broken drum

Bb     F       C   Bb        F    C
Junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again

C                 F
Get up go out go ahead and ride away
C                  F
Get up sit up your bed today
C                F
Kick up rip this place apart
C                      F
Even when I finish I'm back to the start

           C       F
I'm out of line on Adeline street
C                    F
Heat don't keep this crooked beat
  C F
4AM no waves breaking 
       C                  F
What's left of the PM the AM's taken

Bb     F       C   Bb        F    C
Junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again

C                         F
Outside my gate my crew's drinking a 40
C                         F
Asked me if there's still rats in the hallway I said
C               F
Some things are like the weather
     C                    F
They never seem to change for the better

          C                   F
This girl came to me said she do me no harm
C                              F
Rolled up her sleeve showed me tracks on her arm
C                           F
I said what's your name she said it was Maya
         C           F
She said Tim I wanna take you higher

Bb     F       C   Bb        F    C
Junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again

SOLO:
note: b=bend
      /=# of times note is hit
e|-8b--////////////////-----------------------------|
B|-8b--////////////////-8-8-8-8---------------------|
G|-10b-////////////////---------10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-8-----11-11--------------------------------|
           [-hold bend--]
G|-10b-----10b-------(10)-8----8-10-8-10b-8---------|
D|--------------------------10--------------10-8----|
A|-----------------------------------------------10-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

D
Zombie walking kid on his own no moral
    D
Mr. High leaves the body in comes Mr. Withdrawl
D
Pain is the only thing the body will allow
    D                      D
The kid wants to dance the gangster knows how

C                      GF          G
Johnny bought some dope down on Market
C                G   F        G
Shoot up boot up the human target
C                   G       F            G
Hit the dirty spike when he hit the scene
     C                 GF              G
It's easy to stay dirty nothing's clean
       C     GF             G
He's a writer tags up Jackyl
C                    GF                 G
Jackyl just clamped unclampable shackles

                                       RIFF B (r/b):
                                       e|-8(slide down)-|
                                       B|-8(slide down)-|
                                       G|---------------|
                                       D|---------------|
                                       A|---------------|
                                       E|---------------|
C                    GF                     
Rout up shoot up it's money it goes like that
            r/b
Rat tat tat kid got shot point black in the back
            r/b
My landlord said not to be bumming
         r/b
He was a cocaine stoop and he had it coming 
          r/b
He had it coming? He's only 12 years old
    r/b
    C                           F
The kid was in the blizzard got shot for being cold
C                           F
It don't seem right tonight hit the lights alright
C                     F
Watch the roaches run into the darkest room

(play over RIFF A):
Bb     F       C   Bb        F    C
Junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again

Bb     F       C   Bb        F    C                         
Junkie drunken bum yeah yeah yeah rats in the hallway again
            
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