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                         RATS IN THE HALLWAY - Rancid
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From: joeyjojo7@yahoo.com

chords:
   F5  G5  Bb5 C5  C#
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|------------------8\--|
|------5---3---5---8\--|
|--3---5---3---5-------|
|--3---3---1---3-------|
|--1-------------------|

intro:
||--6--6/8-----6--6/8-----6/8--8-8-8--/11--11-11--|
||--6--6/8--8--6--6/8--8--6/8--8-8-8--/11--11-11--|
||----------7----------7--------------------------|
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   Bb5            F5       C5 

|--6--6/8-----6--6/8-----6/8-11^8------11^8-------|
|--6--6/8--8--6--6/8--8--6/8------10^8------10^8--|
|----------7----------7---------------------------|
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   Bb5            F5       C5

|--11^8------11^8-------||
|-------10^8------10^8--||
|-----------------------|| that whole thing twice
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  C5

here we go!
C5          F5       C5              F5 
knock knock c'mon in you wanna fight i'm gonna win
C5                F5
i'll take you out in a minute 
C5                  F5
step in my flat and see whats in
C5                  F5
live in the land of welfare state
C5                 F5
my flat used to be section eight
C5                     F5
now its a rat infested cocaine run
C5                          F5
my whole world plays like a broken drum
Bb5    F5      C5
junkie drunken bum
Bb5       F5   C5 
yeah yeah yeah rats in the hall-way
C5              F5
get up get out go ahead and ride away
C5                     F5
sit up our bed up your bed to lay 
C5                     F5
kick up or rip up this place apart 
C5                          F5
well even when i finish i'm back at the start 
F5         C5       F5        
i'm out of line, on adeline street
C5                   F5
heat don't keep this crooked beat
    C5  F5
4 a.m., no waves breakin'
      C5                   F5
whats left of the p.m. the a.m. has taken
Bb5    F5      C5
junkie drunken bum
Bb5       F5   C5 
yeah yeah yeah rats in the hall-way
   C5                    F5   
outside my gate my crews drinkin' a 40
C5                     F5
asked if there's still rats in the hallway
       C5               F5
i said "some things are like the weather"
C5                        F5
they never seem to change for the better"
     C5                            F5
this girl came up to me said she'd do me no harm
C5
rolled up her sleeve 
              F5
showed me the tracks on her arm i said
C5                     F5
"whats your name?" she said it was mya
         C5           F5
she said "tim, i will take you higher"
Bb5    F5      C5
junkie drunken bum
Bb5       F5   C5 
yeah yeah yeah rats in the hall-way

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|--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--------8-8--|
|--------------------------------------10b12------|
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|--------------------------------11-11----------|
|--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-------8-8-------8--------|
|----------------------10b12-------------12r10--|
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|----------------8-8-------8--11-11---------------|
|--10-8-8--10b12-----10-11----------12r10-10-10-8-|
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|-----8-8-10-8--10b12---10-8----------|
|--10------------------------10-8-----|
|---------------------------------10--|
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G5
zombie walkin' kid on his own no moral 
   G5
mr.high leave the body in comes the withdrawel
G5
pain is the only thing the body will allow
G5
the kid wants to dance the gangster knows how
C5                           F5
johnny bought some shit down on the market
C5                   F5
shoot up boot up the human target 
C5                          F5
he hit the dirty spike when he hit the scene 
C5                          F5
its easy to stay dirty when nothing is clean
       C5      
he's a writer 
F5            C5                F5 
jackal jackal just clamped on unclampable shackles 
C5                    F5
root up shoot up some dope to go 
C5                        F5
??like legal currency its money its like?? 
C#
that,     rat-a-tat tat 
C#
kid got shot point blank in the back
             C#
my land lord said not to be bumming 
         C#
he was a cocaine stoop 
                        C#
he had a gun, he had it coming 

he was only 12 years old 
       C#  
he was in the blizzard he got shot from being cold
C5
it don't seem right tonight 
F5
hit the lights alright 
C5
watch the roaches run 
F5
into the darkest room
Bb5    F5      C5
junkie drunken bum
Bb5       F5   C5 
yeah yeah yeah rats in the hall-way
Bb5    F5      C5
junkie drunken bum
Bb5       F5   C5 
yeah yeah yeah rats in the hall-way



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