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Rat Race Tab


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From the album Devils playground
Track: 3
Tabbed by Liam
Email: guitar_rocker_47@hotmail.com
Tuning half a step down

The verse 1 is not tabbed out as played but those are definitely the chords that are
it is mostly improvised so don’t worry but as a simple guideline for picking the chords,
with picking the lower notes then move on to the higher ones.

Verse 1 (these chords picked out as notes)
E|---------------------3-------2---|
B|-1---------1---------3-------3---|
G|-2---------0---------0-------2---|
D|-2---------2---------0-------0---|
A|-0---------3---------2-----------|
E|---------------------3-----------|

Chorus
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM								    ****

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|

Verse 2(these chords picked out as notes)
E|---------------------3-------2---|
B|-1---------1---------3-------3---|
G|-2---------0---------0-------2---|
D|-2---------2---------0-------0---|
A|-0---------3---------2-----------|
E|---------------------3-----------|
Then...
E|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------55---5/----------------------|----------55---5/-----------------99-|
D|-22---2/--55-5-5/--55---5/--77-7/------|-22---2/--55-5-5/--55---5/--77----99-|
A|-22-2-2/--33-3-3/--55-5-5/--77-7/-7777-|-22-2-2/--33-3-3/--55-5-5/--77-00-77-|
E|-00-0-0/-----------33-3-3/--55-5/-5555-|-00-0-0/-----------33-3-3/--55-------|
PM				      ****                                 **

Pre Chorus
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-| x4
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
PM **      **      **      **      **      **

Chorus 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM								    ****

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|

Bridge
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------xx-xx-xx-xx---------------xx-xx-xx-xx------------|
D|-2~~~-xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~---------xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~------|
A|-2~~~-xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~---------xx-xx-xx-xx--2~~~------|
E|-0~~~--------------0~~~----------------------0~~~------|

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-| x4
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
PM **      **      **      **      **      **

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------2~~-------2~~-------2~~---7----7---7------------------------|
A|------2~~-------2~~-------2~~---7--7777--7------------------------|
E|-12-0~~--12-0~~--12-0~~---5--5555--5-/6/7/8/9/10/11/12------------|
PM                                    ****

Chorus 3
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx-xx---2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-xx-xx---0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-------------------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM								    ****

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~------------------------------------xxxx-|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------xxxx-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~~----------7--|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~~--------7777-|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~~-555555-5555-|
PM						           ****

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~-----------5~~-----------------------------------------|
D|-2~~-----------5~~-----------5~~-----------7~-7~-7~-7~---7-|
A|-0~~-00000000--3~~-33333333--5~~-----------7~-7~-7~-7~-7777|
E|-----------------------------3~~-33333333--5~-5~-5~-5~-5555|
PM                                                       ****

Outro
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
G|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|--------------|
D|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|----9-9-----9-9-----97-|------2~~-----|
A|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|-00-7-7--00-7-7--00-77-|------2~~-----|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-12-0~~-------|
PM **      **      **      **      **      **


Have fun with that tab, it was surprisingly easy to tab, I was thinking that would be
at my computer but literally was about 20mins! Have fun and please rate and leave comments.

Liam
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