Rats In The Walls chords by Strung Out

Intro: Drumbeats

Bass: C#m--B-F#m--

Distortion: C#m--B-F#m- x3


Verse 1:
    C#m
It was written I should
         B
be loyal to this nightmare
      F#m  C#m
that we're in But something

about all the sorrow in your
B            F#m
heart that won't let me in
     E
Like the hands of a fool
   F#m   E  C#m
with money to burn  In
  E
the breath of one last
B       A
dying wish We hear
the call and it
B

sounds like there's


Chorus 1:
C#m     E
Rats in the walls
       F#m
It's like the dark
      A  B
side of the moon
F#m C#m
Serenade me with
 E
a whisper and let
   B
this nightmare
   A  C#m C#m C#m C#m
in us bloom


Verse 2:
C#m
Where do i send all my
        B
money? Who'll deliver
         F#m
the nails through my
        C#m
heart When I've gone
and set it all up
burning like the walls
    B
In the ghetto of this
     F#m   C#m
reckless love Bow down
with a whimper to pass
      B
the time Or hold me down
  F#m
and take what's mine Put
  C#m
my head under water and
         B
drink my wine And watch
        F#m
me take it all way too
    E
far Lip service to the
     F#m
one that gave you your
E  C#m    E
crown  You're holding your
         B
breath as you're waiting
       A
to drown The echoes in your
B
head bounce around like


Chorus 2:
C#m     E
Rats in the walls
       F#m
It's like the dark
      A  B
side of the moon
F#m C#m
Serenade me with
 E
a whisper and let
   B
this nightmare
   A
in us bloom
 B
Tonight I'm all
C#m
dressed here in
E
black I got your
F#m     A
monkey on my back
B F#m C#m
We are not what we
      E
say we mean everything
      B
we do And tonight I'm
     A
gonna kill another
    C#m B
part of you


Bridge:
 A     B
Stimulation hollow
   C#m
transmission ill
    B
defined At the
A       B
center of our hearts
     C#m
a signal too obscure
    B A
to find Acoustic
    B
shadows sex and chaos
    C#m
and the sound of you
   B A
and me Here all roads
 B    F#m B
defy your gra-vity


Guitar Solo:
C#m--E--F#m--A--B--

C#m E
    F#m
I have been here
   A  B
all along with


Chorus 2:
C#m     E
Rats in the walls
       F#m
It's like the dark
      A  B
side of the moon
F#m C#m
Serenade me with
 E
a whisper and let
   B
this nightmare
   A
in us bloom
 B
Tonight I'm all
C#m
dressed here in
E
black I got your
F#m     A
monkey on my back
B F#m C#m
We are not what we
      E
say we mean everything
      B
we do And tonight I'm
     A
gonna kill another
    C#m C#m C#m B A B C#m(hold)