Ratty Shoes
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album "Ratty Shoes" (2001)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/XaGsu8qpi5g
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[Intro]
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
[Verse 1]
D G A
I was born into a family not blessed with worldly things
D G A
We made out well with what the Lord had chose
D G A
With a story and a laugh, the days went rolling past
D G A
And I'll tell to you a tale that no one knows
D G A
On a holy day one May in a bog near Carnaclay
D G A
I laid my swollen head among the yews
D G A
My pillow was a rock when I woke up to the shock
D G A
And found the fairies left these ratty shoes
[Chorus]
D G A
These ratty shoes, they're gonna take me
D G A
Gonna take me from my worry and my woe
D G A
These ratty shoes, they'll not forsake me
D G A
And the grass beneath my feet will never grow
[Instrumental]
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
[Verse 2]
D G A
I staggered from this state and I did not hesitate
D G A
I laced 'em up and rambled near and far
D G A
You may think that I've gone mad, but I swear they're not so bad
D G A
Sure they're better than the ones I had before
D G A
So I wore them to the ball in the Castlecourt dance hall
D G A
To waltz with me the girls would form a queue
D G A
And I'd glide around the floor as the crowd would cheer for more
D G A
Sure I looked like Flatley wearing ratty shoes
[Chorus]
D G A
These ratty shoes, they're gonna take me
D G A
Gonna take me from my worry and my woe
D G A
These ratty shoes, they'll not forsake me
D G A
And the grass beneath my feet will never grow
[Instrumental]
| Bm | A | D | G |
| Bm | A | D G | D |
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
[Verse 3]
D G A
Well, I never had to think about a job or pay for drink
D G A
I lived the rover's life from sea to shore
D G A
And a wife is not for me, why buy the cow when milk's for free?
D G A
And there's whiskey flowing out of every door
D G A
When at last I finally woke, found out 'twas all a joke
D G A
I shook and shaked the remnants of the booze
D G A
But the memory of that dream make me heart just wanna scream
D G A
Them brilliant filthy magic ratty shoes
[Chorus]
D G A
These ratty shoes, they're gonna take me
D G A
Gonna take me from my worry and my woe
D G A
These ratty shoes, they'll not forsake me
D G A
And the grass beneath my feet will never grow
[Instrumental]
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
| D | D | G | A |
[Outro]
D G A
I'm going home
D G A
I'm going home
D G A
I'm going home
| Bm | A | D G | D |
How to play Ratty Shoes
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