The Rat Who Would Be King / Matthew Good Band / The Audio Of Being / 2001 Tabbed by Kathtastrophy Tuning: Standard I adapted this song for rhythm acoustic. Its very simple and you can play it along to the song. Like all Good's songs play around with hammer-ons and completely removing strings from a chord. This a very basic outline. Be creative with it. G 320033 Am x02210 C x32010 F 133211 F and Fmaj9 are somewhat interchangeable Fmaj9 x33010 I prefer the sound of Fmaj9 though G/Am 302210 F#/Am 20(2)210 F/Am 10(2)210 or A regular barred F Listen to the song to get the timing. If its confusing I can make a video. Intro G Am C Fmaj9 Verse 1:

^GEv^Amen a bl^Cind^Fmaj9 s^Gquirrel ^Amfinds a ^Cnu^Fmaj9t ^Gonce ^Amin a wh^Cil^Fmaj9e ^GOnce you're ^Amin you're ^Cpretty much fucked^Fmaj9 ^GWhen I ^Amwas the r^Cat ^Fmaj9 The ^Grat who w^Amould be k^Cing ^Fmaj9 ^GI im^Amagined ty^Cphoi^Fmaj9d an^Gd us alone^Am alway^Cs us al^Fmaj9one

Chorus:

And ^CI've waited on the s^Amidelines all this ^Gtime all this ^Ftime And ^CI've a gren^Amade with our ^Gnames scratched on the ^Fside But that's just ^Clove Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am And you know that love's not enough Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am Love's not enough

G Am C Fmaj9 x2 Verse2: (same as 1: G Am C Fmaj9) Crawl from the sea Wait for some thumbs A greatness to breed Build the Mall of America When I was the rat The rat who would be king I imagined ashes and us alone Always us alone Chorus:

Outro: Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am For the end chorus I prefer using a G/C instead of C and the F instead of F/Am. Gives it more impact. **Any questions about the progression or variation chords message me through my profile! Hope this works out for you!**

Matthew Good Band - The rat who would be king acoustic